Why the coast matters for women: a feminist approach to research on fishing communities

Porter Marilyn, . Why the coast matters for women: a feminist approach to research on fishing communities. pp. 59-73. ISSN 0116-6514

Issues of gender are neglected in fisheries research and issues of fisheries are also neglected in feminist research. These twin omissions hamper our efforts to understand womens experiences in coastal and fishing communities. This paper addresses the problem that policy is often directed narrowly at improving fish harvesting and processing without taking account of its impact on women families and the community. The paper makes use of data from studies in two countries in different regions Tanzania and Atlantic Canada to illustrate how a feminist approach can uncover unequal gender relations of power and inequality in fishing communities and how these are integrated and justified in political cultural and social structures. To overcome the limitations of small scale context specific studies of women in coastal or fishing communities we need to develop common frames focusing on power inequality and discrimination and more positively the ways in which women negotiate a better position for themselves and their families.

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Abstract

Issues of gender are neglected in fisheries research and issues of fisheries are also neglected in feminist research. These twin omissions hamper our efforts to understand womens experiences in coastal and fishing communities. This paper addresses the problem that policy is often directed narrowly at improving fish harvesting and processing without taking account of its impact on women families and the community. The paper makes use of data from studies in two countries in different regions Tanzania and Atlantic Canada to illustrate how a feminist approach can uncover unequal gender relations of power and inequality in fishing communities and how these are integrated and justified in political cultural and social structures. To overcome the limitations of small scale context specific studies of women in coastal or fishing communities we need to develop common frames focusing on power inequality and discrimination and more positively the ways in which women negotiate a better position for themselves and their families.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Gender analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Fish harvesting
AGROVOC Term:	Fish processing
AGROVOC Term:	communities
AGROVOC Term:	Social structure
AGROVOC Term:	Agricultural structure
AGROVOC Term:	Political systems
AGROVOC Term:	Coastal fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Seaweed farming
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:28
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23742

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