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Title: | Pathways out of poverty: women - the 'forgotten gender' - and the artisanal fisheries sector of Sierra Leone |
Editor: | Thorpe, Andy |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | African historical review (ISSN 1753-2531) |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 46-61 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
Subjects: | women fisheries poverty reduction |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17532523.2013.796131 |
Abstract: | In a number of low-income countries the fisheries sector has been shown to be instrumental in meeting key development goals, specifically in combating malnutrition, but the crucial contribution of women within this sector has been largely overlooked. This is particularly true in Sierra Leone, despite gender featuring prominently in the country's poverty reduction strategy. This article therefore examines the history of female involvement in the sector, how this involvement was transformed by the civil war, and assesses whether the various current initiatives to support women in the post-harvest sector offer a realistic 'pathway out of poverty'. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |