Factors That Influence The Role And Status Of Fisherwomen - BOBP/WP/33
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During the course of the study the author, assisted by nine village women, did a basic survey of adult women in the three villages. She also conducted a sample survey covering one-tenth of all fisherwomen above the age of 13 and interviewed nine selected fisherwomen in depth over a period of six months. She lived for a few days with some of them. How did this study originate? Between May and September 1982, a 10-week residential training course was conducted for 21 fisherwomen (“link workers” ) from seven coastal villages of Chengalpattu district. At the end of the course, follow-up action programmes were planned in cooperation with the trained fisherwomen. The study described in this paper was conducted to help these programmes. The study is an activity of the small-scale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) and is part of the project’s ongoing work in cooperation with the Fisherwomen’s Extension Service of the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department. This work include s several pilot activities to improve the status of women, particularly in the areas of credit, education and training. (A report on these activities is under preparation.) It is hoped that this paper will be of some help to planners, officials and institutions who are concerned with fisheries development, particularly with ways and means of improving the socio-economic life of fisherwomen.