Educating Ms. Fish Cutter: An Experiment in Ghanatown catches up on women’s education

Munk-Madsen, Eva (1999) Educating Ms. Fish Cutter: An Experiment in Ghanatown catches up on women’s education. Yemaya (2). pp. 10-11. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

In Gambia, women of all ages come together after finishing their household chores, in the late evening. They are here to learn English. Few of them got much school education in their childhood. They work hard every day at the beach, where they cut sharks and skates, the catch of their husbands, brothers, sons or other fellow villagers. There they salt and spread the meat on drying racks for sun-drying. Some of them are wage workers, while others are able to buy the catch and export the final processed product themselves. All of them aim at keeping their children in school and most of them succeed. At the same time, they are eager to improve their own abilities and to learn English.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM016
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Gambia, Women, Children, Education, Fish Catch, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2021 06:23
Last Modified:	25 Jul 2022 06:50
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/98

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