Changing Economic Problems for Women in the Nile Perch Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria

Large-scale changes in the ecology of Lake Victoria have had a number of implications for the women in riparian households. It has proven difficult for them to take advantage of the economic opportunities that have arisen while their access to the lake fisheries has been diminished. This article rev...

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Published in:Anthropologica (Ottawa) 1996-01, Vol.38 (2), p.149-172
Main Authors: Médard, Modesta, Wilson, Douglas C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Agribusiness
Agricultural development
Agricultural economics
Agricultural production
Beaches
Boats
Children
Colonization
Communities
Economic Change
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic problems
Extension services
Farmers
Females
Fishermen
Fishers
Fishery economics
Fishing
Fishing Communities
Fishing industry
Freshwater fishes
Geography
Historical text analysis
Human ecology
Husbands
Intervention
Kenya
Keresiouan languages
Labor Force Participation
Lakes
Marketing
Men
Mothers
Natural Resources
Nilotic languages
Norwegian language
Parents & parenting
Participation
Planning
Political economy
Politics
Resource management
Rural development
Social conditions
Socialism
Tanzania
Uganda
Women
Womens rights
Working women
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Summary:Large-scale changes in the ecology of Lake Victoria have had a number of implications for the women in riparian households. It has proven difficult for them to take advantage of the economic opportunities that have arisen while their access to the lake fisheries has been diminished. This article reviews these changes at the levels of the lake, the community and the household. Fish-related economic activities are particularly important for women who are heads of households. These activities also afford married women greater independence than other activities. Women are responding to changes in access to the lake by working together at a community level. /// Des changements fondamentaux dans l'écologie du lac Victoria ont eu un certain nombre d'implications pour les femmes des villages riverains. Il leur a été particulièrement difficile de saisir les occasions économiques qui se sont présentées tandis que leur accès aux pêcheries du lac à diminué. Cet article examine ces changements au niveau du lac, de la communauté et de la famille. Les activités économiques reliées à la pêche sont très importantes pour les femmes, chef de famille. Ces activités donnent aussi aux femmes plus d'indépendance que certaines autres activités. Les femmes réagissent au fait qu'elles ont moins accès au lac en travaillant ensemble au niveau communautaire.
ISSN:0003-5459
2292-3586
DOI:10.2307/25605837