Women fishers carry burden of poverty

Labiste, Diosa

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November 10, 1999

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Labiste, Diosa

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TD19991110_4

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In many dirt-poor fishing villages in Western Visayas, women work more than men, debunking the myth that the men are principal breadwinners while the women are mere help mates relegated to routine household chores. Women have performed important roles in fishing as what was documented among the 12 households in Binaobawan, Pilas town, Capiz Province. The case study entitles "Women and the Question of Sustainable Development in the Philippine Fishing Village," was conducted by Susana Siar and Lynn Cañeba, researchers of the Iloilo-baed Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Cente.vThe households primarily depended on fishing anf farming of green and brown tahong (mussel) and talaba (oyster).

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Labiste, D. (1999, November 10). Women fishers carry burden of poverty. Today, p. 4.