ender and small-scale fisheries in Brazil: insights for a sustainable development agend

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de Andrade, Mariana Martins ; Xavier, Luciana Yokoyama ^[1] ; Grilli, Natalia de Miranda ; de Oliveira, Carina Costa ^[2] ; de Andrade, Denise Almeida ^[3] ; Barreto, Giovanna C. ^[4] ; Hellebrandt, Luceni ^[5] ; Galvao, Melina Chiba ^[6] ; da Silva, Solange Teles ^[7] ; Frota Mont'Alverne, Tarin Cristino ^[8] ; Goncalves, Leandra Regina ^{[1, 9]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Oceanog, Praca Oceanog 191, Cidade Univ, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Brasilia, Fac Direito, Grp Estudos Direito Recursos Nat & Sustentabilida, Campus Univ Darcy Ribeiro, BR-70904970 Brasilia, DF - Brazil

^[3] Ctr Univ Christus, Campus Parque Ecol, Rua Adolfo Gurgel 133-3 Andar, BR-60190180 Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed Parana, R Funcionarios 1540, BR-82590300 Curitiba, Parana - Brazil

^[5] Univ Fed Rio Grande, Lab Interdisciplinar MAReSS, Av Mal Floriano Peixoto 2236, BR-96170000 Sao Lourenco Do Sul, RS - Brazil

^[6] Univ Fed Pelotas, Programa Posgrad Antropol, Rua Alberto Rosa 154, Sala 117, BR-96010770 Pelotas, RS - Brazil

^[7] Inst Fed Santa Catarina, Campus Itajai, Av Ver Abrahao Joao Francisco 3899, BR-88307303 Itajai, SC - Brazil

^[8] Univ Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Fac Direito, Rua Consolacao, 896 PPGDPE, BR-01302907 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[9] Univ Fed Ceara, Fac Direito, R Meton Alencar S-N, BR-60035160 Fortaleza, Ceara - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Ocean and Coastal Research; v. 69, n. 1 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

The role of women in the fisheries sector is largely underestimated and underreported. Although women are a fundamental part of the seafood supply chain in Brazil, fisheries management is gender-biased; sectoral programs and policies fail to recognize, support, and guarantee fisherwomen legal and labor rights. Brazilian fisherwomen have been very active in claiming their rights and recognition in the fisheries sector; however, public policies are lagging, and so are the studies that subsidize them. Within the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and 2030 Agenda, it is critical to analyze the interactions between SDG 14 (Life below water) and SDG 5 (Gender equality) to discuss the gender dimensions underpinning fisheries (un)sustainability. We performed a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis of gender-oriented studies in marine fisheries in Brazil. We identified 19 studies, published up to December 2020, focused on artisanal fisheries. The publications show that women are present in fisheries and are fundamental subjects to maintaining the activity and continuity of this livelihood. However, fisherwomen remain invisible. Their work is underreported, underpaid, and undervalued, which jeopardizes the sustainability of artisanal marine fisheries. Considering the knowledge gaps to be addressed during the Ocean Decade, we recommend that researchers and politicians work to: make ``hidden workforce{''} of women visible, embrace interdisciplinarity, set research priorities, fill the data gap, and subsidize public policies. During the next few years, it is critical to enable and settle monitoring and assessment programs that provide open access to data, information, and technologies for the predictability, the sustainable harvesting of the ocean, and the correct design of gender-sensitive fisheries and aquaculture policies. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/00462-8 - Opportunities and weakeness of integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast in the context of macro-metropolis governance
• Grantee: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 17/21797-5 - Beach management trends in Brazil: targeting social-ecological resilience
• Grantee: Luciana Yokoyama Xavier
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral