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Women’s work, survival strategies and capitalist modernization in South Indian small-scale fisheries: the case of Kerala
P. Aswathy,K. Kalpana +1 more
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In this paper, women's work in fisheries in the Global South is valorized for its role in sustaining small-scale fishing in the face of complex challenges from corporate-backed industrial fishing.Abstract:
Women’s work in fisheries in the Global South is valorized for its role in sustaining small-scale fishing in the face of complex challenges from corporate-backed industrial fishing. This paper exam...read more
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Gender and small-scale fisheries: a case for counting women and beyond
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Gender, the work‐life course, and livelihood strategies in a South Indian fish market
Holly M. Hapke,Devan Ayyankeril +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined how gender ideologies differentially inform men and women's work-life courses in the fishing economy of southern India and found that gender creates different patterns of paid work for both genders throughout their life courses.
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"Fishing na everybody business":women's work and gender relations in Sierra Leone's fisheries
TL;DR: In this article, a gender-aware sustainable livelihood framework is proposed to make visible the economic space occupied by women in Sierra Leone's small-scale fisheries, highlighting how women's variegated access to capital and resources interacts with social norms and reproductive work.
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Overfishing along Kerala coast: causes and consequences.
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