Women's economic space in Sierra Leone's small-scale fisheries

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03 Aug 2014 - 18 Jan 2016
In a recent publication in the journal Feminist Economics, "Fishing Na Everybody Business": Women's Work and Gender Relations in Sierra Leone's Fisheries, Andy Thorpe and co-authors take three sets of data (from the National Frame Surveys of the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, a survey of women fish processors by the Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography, and a World Bank survey of fishing communities) and perform a rich analysis of typically low-profile women in Sierra Leone fisheries.

Related Topics: Sierra Leone, Role of women
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