The Role Of Women In Fisheries In Barbuda Antigua And Barubuda By Candia M. Williams - August, 1990

n the Caribbean there was minimal research on women and thus even less on women in the fisheries sector. However, donor agencies are becoming aware of the value of women in fisheries and are undertaking studies to enable them to target funding in the areas where women are are contributing. The study has shown that in Antigua, many women are household heads. Also, they have more children and more dependants than men. Due to local taboos, few women. are involved in harvesting fish. Their energy is directed towards marketing, fish scaling and processing. There are are few women in administrative or technical positions in the fishing industry. In. all of the fishery activities, the income level of women is lowest and the activity which generates the least income is that in which mainly women are engaged. Women. have a minimal amount of capital investment in the fishing industry, and credit is not made easily available to them from commercial banks. Due to lack of knowledge of other credit institutions, they make successful use of informal means of credit.

n the Caribbean there was minimal research on women and thus even less on women in the fisheries sector. However, donor agencies are becoming aware of the value of women in fisheries and are undertaking studies to enable them to target funding in the areas where women are are contributing. The study has shown that in Antigua, many women are household heads. Also, they have more children and more dependants than men. Due to local taboos, few women. are involved in harvesting fish. Their energy is directed towards marketing, f.shscaling and processing. 17iere are few women in administrative or technical positions in the fishing industry. In. all of the fishery activities, the income level of women is lowest and the activity which generates the least income is that in which mainly women are engaged. Women. have a minimal amount of capital investment in the fishing industry, and credit is not made easily available to them from commercial banks. Due to lack of knowledge of other credit institutions, they make successful use of infonnal means of credit