Gender Ideology and Manoeuvring Space for Female Fisheries Entrepreneurs

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Title:	Gender Ideology and Manoeuvring Space for Female Fisheries Entrepreneurs
Author:	Overå, Ragnhild
Year:	2003
Periodical:	Research Review (ISSN 0855-4412)
Volume:	19
Issue:	2
Pages:	49-66
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs., maps
Geographic terms:	Ghana West Africa
Subjects:	Adangme Anlo Fanti women entrepreneurs marine fisheries Cultural Roles divorce Labor and Employment gender women fisheries Businesswomen Fishery processing Fish trade
Abstract:	Local gender ideologies vary considerably in fishing communities along the coast of Ghana. This article compares the extent to which women convert capital accumulated in the female-dominated fish market into ownership of fishing equipment in the male-dominated fisheries in three ethnically diverse communities - Fante (in Moree), Ga-Adangbe (Kpone) and Anlo-Ewe (Dzelukope) - where the author carried out fieldwork in 1991, 1994 and 1995. Kinship ideologies, post-marital residence patterns and gender division of labour and roles in the local fishing economies shape women's place-specific manoeuvring spaces. The paper argues that a loyal and trustworthy male cooperation partner is a prerequisite for the success of female entrepreneurs in a male arena like fisheries. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]