Transformed mindsets: As fish in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region becomes increasingly scarce, women fish traders in the region turn to fish farming to boost incomes and find a way out of the pernicious practice of jaboya

Ojuok, Irene and K. Bwanawoy, Phillemon (2018) Transformed mindsets: As fish in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region becomes increasingly scarce, women fish traders in the region turn to fish farming to boost incomes and find a way out of the pernicious practice of jaboya. Yemaya (58). pp. 4-6. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Over the years, fishing has been a major income source around Kenya’s Lake region. In Nyanza, and more specifically, around the shores of Lake Victoria, most families depend primarily on fishing for their livelihood. Small-scale or subsistence fishing, however, hardly meets the financial needs of families, who then often opt to send only the boy child to school while girls are married off early for the dowry.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM501
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Livelihoods, Fish Catch, Income, Women, Traditional Practices, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Trade, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 05:02
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 05:58
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1056

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