Gender Integration in the Management of the Lake Victoria Fisheries

Lwenya, Carolyne; Mbilingi, Bwambale; Luombo, J; Yongo, Ernest

doi:10.4314/ajthf.v12i1.58033

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“…Similarly, 97 (52.20%) and 104 (55.90%) participants indicated that high interest rates from banks and high poverty level among female headed household contributed towards limiting women from getting involved in Dagaa fishery value chain. This finding was in support of a study conducted by Lwenya, et al, (2019) who revealed that poverty was a constraint to both men and women but affecting the women much more due to lack of economic and status empowerment. This finding implied that women need to be employed by establishing key levels of interventions such as access and control to key fishery resources.…”

Section: Socio-cultural Factors Affecting Women Roles In Dagaa Fishery Value Chainsupporting

confidence: 83%

Assessing Gender Roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain among Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria, A Case Study of Lake Victoria Beaches In Siaya County, Kenya

Odhone¹,

Mahiri²,

Onsongo³

2020

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Fisheries in the East Africa region have suffered due to less emphasis given to some fishery specifically Dagaa (Rastrineobolaargentea), whose quantity is the highest of all the species in the Lake Victoria. Despite the importance of this resource in Kenya, there has been a concern of gender parity and inequality in terms of roles played by both gender in harvesting, processing, trading and marketing in the Dagaa fishery. This study analyzed gender roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain among fishing communities around Lake Victoria in Bondo Sub County, in Siaya County, Kenya. The study addressed the following objectives: Identified the various roles of men and women in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain, discussed factors influencing gender roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain, analyzed the barriers to women’s participation in certain Dagaa Fishery Value Chain and examined the strategies to overcome challenges in gender roles in Dagaa fishery value chain in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design. This study was guided by two models; gender analysis framework model that was developed by Sarah Longwe and supply chain model. Purposive sampling technique was used to select Bondo Sub-County and fishing community in Bondo Sub-County; random sampling technique was used to select five (5) fish landing sites/beaches where quantitative data were collected from 186 out of the targeted 188 primary respondents, from among the forty-four beaches of Lake Victoria in Bondo Sub-County. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS Version 25, and descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used in presenting analyzed data. The results were presented using tables and charts. The study findings revealed that majority of the boats and fishing gears were owned by men, motorized boats belonged to men while a higher percentage of females still had the paddled boats. While men dominated the fishing of Dagaa, women dominated processing and trading of Dagaa in the beaches. The study noted that men made higher returns than their female counterparts at all levels of Dagaa fishery value chain. The study concluded that there is a still wide disparity among gender roles in Dagaa fishery value chain. Most of the activities in the value chain are still dominated by men. This study recommends that women be encouraged to take part in Dagaa fishery value chains, empowerment of women to take part in transportation and distribution of Dagaa and application of various strategies such as joining SACCOs to access loans at low interest rates, formation of groups for ease of access to credit services and weakening patriarchy to mitigate factors affecting Gender roles in Dagaa fishery value chains.

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Section: Socio-cultural Factors Affecting Women Roles In Dagaa Fishery Value Chainsupporting

confidence: 83%

Assessing Gender Roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain among Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria, A Case Study of Lake Victoria Beaches In Siaya County, Kenya

Odhone¹,

Mahiri²,

Onsongo³

2020

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“…As shown in Table 2, the majority of the fishers surveyed were men, while the processors and traders were women, reflecting the demography of the fishing population in Lake Victoria [45]. Table 2 also shows an interesting pattern in fisheries experience, with the majority of the respondents being either very experienced or relatively new to the fisheries.…”

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A Bottom-Up Understanding of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Lake Victoria

2016

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Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major concern in fisheries management around the world. Several measures have been taken to address the problem. In Lake Victoria, the alleviation of IUU fishing is implemented through the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA-IUU), which restricts use of certain fishing gear, as well as prohibits fishing in closed areas and during closed seasons. Despite the long-term efforts to monitor and control what goes on in the fisheries, IUU fishing has persisted in Lake Victoria. Inspired by interactive governance theory, this paper argues that the persistence of IUU fishing could be due to different images that stakeholders have about the situation, rather than the lack of management competency. Through structured interviews with 150 fisheries stakeholders on Ijinga Island in the southeastern part of Lake Victoria, Tanzania, using paired comparison questionnaires, the study elicits stakeholders' perspective about the severity of different locally-pertinent fishing-related activities. The results show that while fisheries stakeholder groups agree on their judgments about certain fishing gears, some differences are also apparent. For instance, fisheries managers and scientists do not always agree with fishing people about what activities cause the most damage to fisheries resources and ecosystem. Further, they tend to consider some IUU fishing-related activities less damaging than some non-IUU fishing. Such disparity creates governability challenges, pointing to the need to revisit relevant regulatory measures and to make them consistent with the knowledge and judgments of all stakeholders. Based on these findings, we discuss governing interventions that may contribute to addressing IUU fishing in Lake Victoria and elsewhere.

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“…It has been estimated that women make up around a third of the population at the landing sites (LVFO, ND) and that whilst most BMUs, at least in the mid-2000s, complied with the requirement for at least three of the Committee members to be women, the majority of BMU Chairs were men and very few women went onto represent BMUs in BMU Networks and Co-management Committees (Nunan et al, 2012). Lwenya, Mbilingi, Luomba, and Yongo (2009) suggest that cultural norms prevent women from putting themselves forward for nomination for top positions, as well having less economic power with which to influence voters.…”

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Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective

2015

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Institutions matter within natural resource management. Whilst there are many examples of analyses of the nature and influence of institutions within fisheries, there are fewer examples of how institutions inform the practice and outcomes of co-management. This article reports on analysis of institutions and fisheries co-management in East African and Malawi inland fisheries informed by Critical Institutionalism. It concludes that relations between fisheries departments and local co-management structures, and between local government/traditional authorities and local co-management structures, and social, power and gender relations within and beyond fisheries communities, particularly impact on the practice and outcomes of comanagement.

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Gender Integration in the Management of the Lake Victoria Fisheries

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Assessing Gender Roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain among Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria, A Case Study of Lake Victoria Beaches In Siaya County, Kenya

Assessing Gender Roles in Dagaa Fishery Value Chain among Fishing Communities on Lake Victoria, A Case Study of Lake Victoria Beaches In Siaya County, Kenya

A Bottom-Up Understanding of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Lake Victoria

Institutions and Co-Management in East African Inland and Malawi Fisheries: A Critical Perspective

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