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Title Gender participation in fisheries management of Lake Victoria, Kenya
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1834/3510
Date 2006
Author(s) Lwenya, C. A; Lwenya, K.R.; Abila, Richard O.; Omwega, R.
Contributor(s) Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Nairobi (Kenya)
Abstract Gender plays an important role in the artisanal fisheries, therefore it critical for both men and women to participate fisheries management. This paper analyzes gender responses to introduced or enhanced fisheries regulations and constraints to compliance so as to facilitate gender participation in the management of Lake Victoria in Kenya. Both primary and secondary data have been used. Results indicated that in Lake Victoria, there is a clear-cut division of labor differentiated by gender, which is culturally defined. Men and women respond to management measures differently due to differentiated roles and space they operate in. Poverty emerged as a constraint to both men and women but affecting the women much more due to lack of economic and status empowerment. Fishers have organized themselves into groups that act collectively. These organizations are crucial in the establishment of co-management for Lake Victoria. The study observed that women's effective and meaningful participation in fishery management is greatly hampered by their subordinate positions at the household and community level. They have minimal access to and control over production resources and even much less, over benefits. Women should be empowered economically and socially to participate effectively in fisheries management. Further, they should be encouraged to organize themselves into support groups to; attain access to credit and fishery resources; to encourage appropriate fishery practices; and to diversify in non-fishing activities to ease pressure on the fishery.
Subject(s) Fishery management; Resource management; Fishery economics; Fishery policy; Natural resources; Resource development; Socioeconomic aspects; Sociological aspects; Women; Artisanal fishing; Lake fisheries; Inland fisheries; Freshwater fish; Fishery resources; Fishery organizations; Fishery regulations; Fishery management; Artisanal fishing; Sociological aspects; Women
Coverage Kenya, Victoria L.
Language en
Type of publication Conference paper - published
Identifier Odada, Eric & Olago, Daniel O. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 11th World Lakes Conference: vol. 2. p. 266-272
Repository Africa - Ocean Data and Information Network of Africa (OdinAfrica)
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