{"id":110665,"date":"2024-01-11T15:04:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T09:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/?post_type=yemaya&p=110665"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T09:36:13","slug":"africa-inland-fisheries-equal-work-unequal-earnings","status":"publish","type":"yemaya","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/yemaya\/africa-inland-fisheries-equal-work-unequal-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa\/Inland Fisheries: Equal work, unequal earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"
A recent case study in Malawi explores the trading roles of women in fisheries in quantitative and qualitative terms<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By Emma Rice<\/strong><\/em> (riceemma@msu.edu), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, United States, Abigail Bennett<\/strong><\/em> (benne592@msu.edu), Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, United States and Patrick Kawaye<\/strong><\/em> (pchimseu@luanar.ac.mw), Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Malawi<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Women play important roles in fish food systems, especially post-harvest processing and trading of fish products. However, gendered inequities in fish food systems are common around the globe, limiting livelihood benefits for many women and their households. To promote gender equity in the sector, we need to ask the questions: Do women make as much money as men? If not \u2013 why?<\/p>\n To recognize the contributions of women to fish trade as well as understand their challenges, a recent project in Malawi, funded by the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) Partnerships for Innovative Research in Africa (PIRA) grant, examined the trading roles of women in fisheries in quantitative and qualitative terms. Mixed methods are useful in gender analyses as the diverse types of knowledge complement one another and provide a more holistic view of complex issues. In this research project, new insight into gendered inequities in small-scale fish trade were revealed by connecting specific gender norms, revealed through qualitative methods, to specific livelihood outcomes, measured through quantitative methods.<\/p>\n The research team, consisting of scholars from Michigan State University (MSU) and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), collected gender-disaggregated market survey data from female and male fish traders throughout Malawi and qualitative data through separate focus groups with women and men fish traders.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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