Women Empowerment in Fisheries

Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. Women in fisheries sector and entrepreneurship development: steps for improvement/A.S. Ninawe and A.D. Diwan. 2. Women at the centre stage for socio-economic change in fishing community/P.V. Dehadrai. 3. Role of women in fish related activities in India/L. Shenoy. 4. Women\'s role in aquaculture and allied activities in India/T. Rajyalakshmi. 5. Adoption of fishery enterprises and empowerment options for fisherwomen of India/R. Sathiadhas, F. Hassan and A.D. Diwan. 6. Fisheries and aquaculture activities: an alternative to improving the socio-economic status/S.D. Tripathi. 7. Women and aquaculture in Punjab/A. Dhawan and K. Kaur. 8. Women in fisheries sector in Orissa--their contributions and problems/K. Samantaray and N.C. Vaidehi. 9. Fish-makhana farming for rural upliftment/Y.P. Thakur. 10. Women livelihood in peri-urban area of Kolkata with promising opportunities for fisherwomen/M. Mukherjee. 11. Fisherwomen in Sundarban wetland area-their attitude, belief and constraints/M. Mukherjee. 12. Women of North-Eastern India in fisheries: road much traversed and more head/S.D. Gurumayum, N.K. Barik, G.K. Vinci and M.C. Nandeesha. 13. Prospect of fishery development in North-Eastern Region and involvement of women in their exploitation/D. Devi. 14. Women in fisheries development of Tripura/S. Banik. 15. Empowerment of women farmers in the hills through aquaculture practices/R. Dhanze and J.R. Dhanze. 16. Women empowerment in the hilly region of Himalayan Darjeeling/B.C. Patra. 17. Pearl farming - a venue for women entrepreneurship/G. Misra. 18. Ornamental fish culture - a boon for rural women/A. Sinha. 19. Women in fish marketing network/N. Gopal. 20. Aquaculture: an avenue for education and employment of women/R. Tiwari and K.K. Jain. 21. Institution building process of a fisherwomen society/S.N. Ojha, A. Sharma and S.S. Salim. 22. Micro-finance: a tool to empower fisherwomen in India/M.A. Upare and S.K. Bhatnagar. 23. Women in aquaculture: prospectives and problems/G.D. Khedkar. 24. Mother sea betrays not/K. Srinath. 25. Empowerment of women through biotechnology with particular reference to fisheries/I. Karunasagar. Subject Index.

From the preface: "The present book on "Women Empowerment in Fisheries" is the step towards identification of key issues affecting women in the Indian fisheries sector. Efforts have been made to bring together heads of various concerned organizations involved in fisheries research, education and training development to contribute their experiences on the role of women in fisheries. The book serves as an important document and stimulates further discussions and development of appropriate programs in India. The book stresses the importance of education of women and increase in their awareness to various issues in fisheries, provision of credit facilities and the need to develop women friendly technologies."