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Valuing women’s labour: Women in the fisheries sector in Sri Lanka find it increasingly difficult to compete with recent developments and modern technology

Lakmini, Geetha (2003) Valuing women’s labour: Women in the fisheries sector in Sri Lanka find it increasingly difficult to compete with recent developments and modern technology. Yemaya (14). pp. 6-7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

At an international conference in 1995, the guest speaker happened to ask a question of the males present in the audience: “How many of your wives are employed?” Only a few replied in the positive. The second question was “How many of you have a domestic aid?” At this juncture, most of the men felt embarrassed to say that it was their wives who attended to the domestic chores. The real situation was analyzed at this point: women’s labour in Sri Lanka is underestimated.

Item Type: Articles
Class Number: 920.YEM148
Keywords: Yemaya, ICSF, Sri Lanka, Women, Labour, Employment, Technology, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects: Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User: Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2021 06:55
Last Modified: 22 Jul 2022 11:26
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/271

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