Gender and Declining Fisheries in Lobitos, Perú: Beyond Pescador and Ama De Casa

Godden, Naomi Joy

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5518-5_18

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“…Over the last two decades the consideration of gender issues in agriculture and climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies has gained momentum in national and international policy-making. Numerous studies have explored how the gendered nature of the impacts of climate change differ within regions, providing evidence that women and men are affected differently by climate change and differ in their adaptive capacity (Bhattarai et al, 2015;Godden, 2013;Jin et al, 2015;Jost et al, 2016). Consequently, gender mainstreaming has increasingly been viewed as a fundamental element of agricultural climate adaptation policies in order to ensure that the distinctive roles, preferences and challenges of men and women are equally considered.…”

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confidence: 99%

The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda’s climate change policy

Acosta

Wessel

Bommel

et al. 2020

Development Policy Review

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Motivation Gender mainstreaming has been increasingly viewed as a fundamental element of agricultural climate adaptation policies. However, the expectation that gender‐mainstreaming efforts would contribute towards greater gender equality has been mostly disappointed. Our starting point is this disjuncture between a firm establishment of the gender mainstreaming discourse and the limited visible effects in reducing gender inequalities. Purpose To understand this disjuncture we examine the meanings through which policy makers relate to, and dis/engage with gender issues. The article draws attention to the role of narratives in micro‐processes of policymaking that support, perpetuate or create resistance against the concept of gender mainstreaming, or against policy change more broadly. Approach and methods The study deploys a multi‐step narrative analysis in which we identify story episodes, co‐construct stories, identify and interpret the narratives and finally study these narratives in interaction. The empirical material consists of thirty semi‐standardized expert interviews as well as excerpts from ten multi‐stakeholder meetings on the themes of climate change, agriculture, rural livelihoods and gender in Uganda. Findings The analysis reveals a complex ecology of 22 stories, clustered in five main narratives. While most stories unfold a Gender Equality narrative, four competing narratives emerge. Shifts during conversations from the Gender Equality narrative to other narratives reveal that the discursive engagement with gender mainstreaming is accompanied by simultaneous resistance, deconstruction and revocation. These narrative shifts exercise four distinct power effects: They (1) shift blame for ineffective gender implementation; (2) legitimize policy inaction; (3) foreground and naturalize patriarchy; and (4) promote the diversion of resources. The implicit communicative strategies exercise power through ideas (persuade listeners that the equality narrative is inappropriate), power over ideas (gender equality ideas are rejected or frustrated) and power in ideas (entrenched patriarchy ideas are reproduced). Policy implications Attention to ideational power through policy narrative contributes to explain implementation issues with gender mainstreaming in Uganda, and is likely to be relevant beyond this case.

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The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda’s climate change policy

Acosta

Wessel

Bommel

et al. 2020

Development Policy Review

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“…This paper has reviewed the role of economic actors that endanger the survival economy of artisanal fishermen communities on the northern coast of Peru. This occurs in a context in which there is a decline in the productivity of this area of the Pacific Ocean (Godden, 2013). Among other observations, it was found that:…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…This does not necessarily mean that tourism does not have a negative impact, but rather that there is a greater willingness of the local community to adopt new roles and initiate change processes related to the tourism sector. For example, women, traditionally attached to the role of housewives, are beginning to be incorporated in alternative labor niches, as a way of facing the reduction of income in the fishing sector (Godden, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Escape the lion cage: Social networks by catch zones of small-scale fisheries in the oil settlement of Lobitos (Peru)

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Artisanal fishing communities are often in conflict with the interests of the oil extraction industry, industrial fishing fleets and tourism. This paper considers Lobitos, a fishing enclave in northern Peru, where the oldest oil settlement in Latin America was established. The primary focus is community organization and development of the fisheries. Using a mixed methods approach, intensive ethnographic observation and analysis of the social networks of the skippers of small-scale fishing vessels was conducted by in-depth interviews with 30 artisanal fishermen, together with a social network survey involving 43 boat captains in Lobitos. The results showed the mistrust and negative attitudes of fishermen towards oil companies and the industrial fishing fleet. However, they expressed positive expectations regarding tourism development, as well as favorable attitudes towards the diversification of fishing activity through tourist services. The networks of acquaintances, social support and exchange of ecological information allowed us to identify three different groups of fishermen according to preferential fishing zones. The skippers of vessels that prefer to fish in intermediate zones have a prominent role, both in terms of local leadership and through the connection with boats belonging to other bays near Lobitos. This subgroup acts as an intermediary in the networks a whole and has an integrated vision of the coastal ecosystem. Network measures and preferential fishing zones can be used as indicators to assess the degree of availability and preparation for the implementation of new uses in the fisheries sector associated with tourism and heritage

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“…Many Lobiteños migrated there to work service jobs during the early oil industry phase when firms actually developed settlements. Subsequent passages of ownership, however, have been characterized by absenteeism, effectively sidelining Lobiteños from employment and other benefits associated with the industry (Godden, 2013; Mach, 2014).…”

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“…More inventory was still being planned and/or under construction. According to Godden (2013), there were between 50 and 150 surfing tourists in Lobitos at any given time, and this presented a major opportunity and large challenge for the approximately 1,500 local community members, predominantly subsistence fishermen of Andean descent who earn between 6 and 50 Soles (US$2-US$15) a day. As fishing yields have declined, some members of the community have become increasingly more accepting of surf tourism growth as a development driver (Godden, 2013).…”

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Surf-for-Development: An Exploration of Program Recipient Perspectives in Lobitos, Peru

Mach

2019

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Critical sport for development and peace (SDP) and sustainable surf tourism (SST) research calls for sports programming and research that adheres not only to the desires and needs of local communities but also for movements away from neoliberal development models. This case study, derived from interviewing participants 4 years after partaking in a learn-to-surf program in Lobitos, Peru, suggests that these two broad goals may be contradictory. Leveraging skills and traits adopted from participating in the surf program were seen as important contributions to both individual (i.e., gender and economic empowerment) and community benefits (i.e., re-imagining Lobitos). These findings shed light on the need to better understand program recipient desires for local “reforms” and how they can best be served by SDP programs.

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Gender and Declining Fisheries in Lobitos, Perú: Beyond Pescador and Ama De Casa

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda’s climate change policy

The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda’s climate change policy

Escape the lion cage: Social networks by catch zones of small-scale fisheries in the oil settlement of Lobitos (Peru)

Surf-for-Development: An Exploration of Program Recipient Perspectives in Lobitos, Peru

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