McDougall, C.

Rajaratnam, S.

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Gender and fish aquaculture: A seven country reviewBy Surendran Rajaratnam & Cynthia McDougallPhoto by Jharendu Pant Photo by WorldFishOutline of presentation• Introduction• Review objective• Scope• Methodology• Findings• Next steps• Parting thoughts/way forwardIntroduction• Aquaculture is gendered not only in terms of roles, but also in terms of enabling and constraining factors and multi-faceted costs and benefits • The gendered nature of participation in and the benefits women/men derive from aquaculture affects development outcomes• These gendered patterns need further examination and elucidation within and across contexts• To identify the gendered patterns of access to and benefits from small-scale fish aquaculture within and across the WorldFish focal countriesReview Objective• The review was done on seven countries from Africa and Asia where people rely on aquatic resources for living: Egypt; Nigeria; Zambia; Tanzania; Bangladesh; Cambodia; and, Myanmar• Focal countries for WorldFishScopeMethodologySystematic Literature Review• A systematic literature review attempts ‘to identify, appraise and synthesize all the empirical evidence that meets pre-specified eligibility criteria to answer a given research question’ (Cochrane definition, 2013).• Grey literature was searched and included because “there is often a considerable lag in the period between research and publication and sometimes, research is never formally published” (Godin et al. 2015)Sources identified through database searchesPotentially relevant recordsGoogle search enginesTotal numbers if records identifiedRecords screened by contentPotentially relevant recordsRecords excluded with reasonsFull-text records screened for eligibilityFull-text records excluded with reasonsRecords included in synthesisIdentificationScreeningIncludedThree phases of the review* Study flow diagram adapted from Godin et al. 2015• Reviewed both peer-reviewed journal articles as well as papers from the grey literature.• A total of 444 articles were identified as being relevant to the study in the identification phase. • The number of articles were narrowed down to 90 after further reviewing the articles and removal of duplicationin the screening phase.• The study included journal articles, papers and research reports.ReviewAnalysis• Qualitative analysis was done using predefined categories. • New categories that emerged were used as analytical categoriesDatabase searchesGoogle search engines1. What is the state of literature on gender and fish aquaculture by country?2. What are the key emerging insights across the countries? Research Questions:FindingsPhoto by Surendran RajaratnamRQ1 a) State of the literature on gender and fish aquaculture by countries05101520253035Journal articlesGrey literatureRQ1 b) State of the literature on gender and fish aquaculture by categories and countries05101520253035404550ZambiaCambodiaTanzaniaNigeriaBangladeshEgyptRQ2 Key emerging insights across countries (Similarities across countries)Gender division of labor• Men tend to dominate fish production, women tend to process and market Women have challenges in accessing resources• Bangladesh: Access to land, high quality inputs, aquaculture technologies, information & knowledge• Nigeria: Access to pond/land, capital to purchase inputs, training, quality water• Tanzania: Access to pond/land, resources to farm fish, extension services, information• Zambia: Access to pond/landWomen have similar constraining factors• Main constraints: time due to household responsibilities; ownership and access to land, capital, and other resources; access to market; prohibition regards to mobility; education, knowledge and skills; access to extension servicesSome of the challenges of women face are contextual• Mainly due to the geographical differencesRQ2 Key emerging insights across countries (Differences across countries)• Literature seems to address gender as representing men and women’s roles and responsibilities and differences • Few studies went further to discuss the underlying reason for these gendered roles and responsibilities within the context of study and/or use theories to explain their findings.RQ2 Key emerging insights across countries(Gaps)Next StepsContinuing and completing analysis• Revise or add additional categories or angle of analysisPhoto by Karolina KwasekParting thoughts/Feedback on the way forward?• Work in progress• Any thoughts on whether these categories seems to work?• If there are any other priority angles or categories to break these down further? By authors? North vs South Other suggestions?Thank You

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