GENDER ROLES IN LAKE FISHERIES A CASE OF JAISAMAND LAKE, UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Understanding the role of women in fisheries, a key role in the post-harvest, but their work is often invisible, non-counted, under-valued and excluded from decision-making, leadership positions from the community. Jaisamand Lake, the second largest artificial lake in Asia covers 7,160 ha water spread area with a catchment area of 1813 km2. The population of fishers around 2542 in the lake region of Jaisamand, these tribal fishers are mainly dependent on the lake for livelihood.

This study carried out to explore the gender role in lake fisheries chain through understanding the which activity done by whom. A customized tool of Gender Analytical Framework was employed to understand the role of gender in the lake fisheries chain. In the activity tool, male and female both were engaged in fishing, (72.5%) of the mending and net repairing work done by both male and female, only (12.5%) of the female was reported in net mending, repairing work.

In marketing activities, loading and unloading of catch at the market were mostly carried out by male fishers, only (2.3%) of the female were engaged in marketing activities, loading, and unloading. (70%) of the family decision was taken by both male and female in the family, only 10% of the family decision were taken by female only. (67.5%) money management by both male and female fishers followed by (20%) of the female fishers only, Women have low participation in decision making in the fisheries management process. It was maybe because of the process of fishing were different from the marine capture fisheries,