Galappaththi, Madu and Collins, Andrea M. and Armitage, Derek and Nayak, Prateep Kumar (2021) Linking social wellbeing and intersectionality to understand gender relations in dried fish value chains. Maritime Studies, Vol.20 (4). pp. 355-370. ISSN 2212-9790
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The purpose of this perspective paper is to advance a comprehensive framework to integrate gender within the study of dried fish value chains. We do so by linking three complementary areas of scholarship: social wellbeing, intersectionality, and value chains. Social wellbeing literature emphasizes the range of benefits generated through dried fish value chains (e.g., social ties, cultural values, and material goods). An intersectional perspective, however, brings attention to the relational structures (e.g., caste, ethnicity) that intersect with gender to uniquely position women and men within value chains in relation to the benefits they can generate. In developing this framework, a key point of departure from existing literature is the notion of relationality (i.e., the creation of experiences in relation to one another within a given context). The value chain analysis further reveals how such unique positions determine the wellbeing outcomes women can generate through their participation in value chains. We demonstrate the contribution of this novel framework by applying it within dried fish case examples from Bangladesh, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka. In doing so, we systematically unpack how gender intersects with other structures of oppression and perpetuate gender inequity. Our framework thus results in a ‘thick description’ of gender relations operating in dried fish value chains. The insights that emerge can inform relevant policies, decision-making processes, and programs to ensure the creation of equitable wellbeing outcomes by those participating in dried fish value chains.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Social Wellbeing, Intersectionality, Gender, Dry Fish, Value Chain, Framework, Women, Equity, Policy, Decision Making, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Sri Lanka |
| Subjects: | Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Dec 2021 12:06 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2021 12:07 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/7607 |
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