Women in dry fish processing activities: an in-depth study of a selected coastal region of Bangladesh

Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid, Najmus Sadat, Md Tareq Mahmood and M. H. M. Musaddique

Development in Practice, 2023, vol. 33, issue 8, 910-925

Abstract: This research adopted an exploratory mixed methods approach to explore women's participation, its associated determinants, causes, and obstacles to participation in dry fish processing in a selected coastal region of Bangladesh. Data were collected using structured interviews, in-depth interviews, and focus group discussions with women residing in six coastal villages. Extreme poverty, supporting family expenditure, and bearing children's educational expenses drive women's participation in dry fish processing activities. Multiple regression analysis indicates that intra-family empowerment status, self-confidence, personal income, family land ownership, and family size can significantly explain women's participation in dry fish processing. It was also discovered that women worked long hours in dry fish processing and were underpaid compared to men workers. The major obstacles to participation were physical hazards, low salary payment, seasonality of work, and low social status of the job. This study recommends strategies to improve the status of women’s participation in dry fish processing.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2247592

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