Making women in fishing visible: A Recent study reveals that women in Bangladesh’s coastal fishing continue to remain largely unrecognized, and that urgent steps are needed to rectify this situation

Md, Mujibul Haque Munir (2020) Making women in fishing visible: A Recent study reveals that women in Bangladesh’s coastal fishing continue to remain largely unrecognized, and that urgent steps are needed to rectify this situation. Yemaya (62). pp. 2-4. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Bangladesh is one of the world’s leading fish producing countries, with a total production of 42.77 lakh MT in the year 2017-18. Aquaculture contributes 56.24 per cent of the total fish production. The average growth in this sector has been 5.26 per cent for the last ten years. The rate of growth in fish production is in conformity with the government’s targets of Vision-2021. According to the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020, Bangladesh ranked third in inland open water capture production and fifth in world aquaculture production.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM550
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Bangladesh, Women, Wages, Discrimination, Policy, Small-scale Fisheries, Coastal Communities
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	20 Sep 2021 06:21
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 04:31
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1127

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