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FISHERIES

Empowering Women in Small-Scale Fisheries for Sustainable Food Systems (2020-2021)

Ghana, 2020 - 2023
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Reference ID
GHA_2020-2021_EWSFSFS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
Nicole Franz, Lena Westlund, Molly Ahern
Collections
Fishery Surveys
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Created on
Feb 09, 2023
Last modified
Mar 10, 2023
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1.4.1.1 Can you tell me about the role of women in decision-making in small scale fisheries? (x1_4_1_1_can_you_tell_me_abo)

Data file: data_anon_kii

Overview

Valid: 7
Type: Discrete
Width: 255
Range: -
Format: character

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
Formally women did not have voices. But training from NGOs have created awareness and empowerment so they are aware and advocate for their rights 1
14.3%
Generally, the role of women in decision making in Small Scale Fisheries is very strong. When it comes to which fish to buy they have informed and agreed with the fishermen not to sell fish caught by illegal means 1
14.3%
Men take the decisions and later inform the women. Women are not engaged strongly 1
14.3%
Most of the decisions are taken by chief fishermen and his council. Fish mummies are only consulted on issues concerning processing even this is rare. However, the wealthy women fish processors are respected or consulted because they prefinance the exped 1
14.3%
They are able to take decision on their own as to when and how to carry out activities in terms post harvest in terms of preservation and storage 1
14.3%
They dominate the post harvest sectors. The fisheries Commission involves them in decision making using the top to down approach. However, at the beach level women involvement in decision making is barely 5% 1
14.3%
Women are generally not involved in decision making. The fishermen are more dominant in numbers and vocal at meetings. Women roles are limited when it comes to SSF decision making. Now women are being involved in IUU reduction by educating them not not 1
14.3%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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