Changing women’s lives: Income women earn from processing crabmeat is leading to socioeconomic and cultural changes in some parts of the state of Para in Brazil

Machado Cardoso, Denise (2002) Changing women’s lives: Income women earn from processing crabmeat is leading to socioeconomic and cultural changes in some parts of the state of Para in Brazil. Yemaya (10). pp. 5-7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Women’s work in fishing communities is little recognized or acknowledged, especially when it involves processing shellfish. This can be explained by many factors, one of them being the division of labour in these communities. Whereas women are shore-bound to ‘drudgery’ work, men engage in the more prestigious sea-faring activities. For example, net repair and maintenance as well as the preparation and salting of fish are frequently relegated to a `nonwork’ status.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM111
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Brazil, Women, Income, Fish Processing, Crab, Shellfish, Decision Making, Socio-economic Aspects, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 07:00
Last Modified:	22 Jul 2022 11:17
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/235

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