Participation of women in artisanal fishery in Northern Peru in the context of climate change

Abstract

In Peru, the participation of women in the artisanal fishery has been invisibilized and little studied, in particular because their participation in the process of fishery extraction has been restricted in many small-scale Peruvian communities. For this reason, the objective of the present study is to characterize the participation of women involved in the artisanal fishery in the coves of El Ñuro y Los Órganos from Northern Peru, under the context of climate change. We analyzed through participatory methodologies, the capitals and livelihoods of women, their participation in the productive chain of the artisanal fishery, and the co-design of afirmative actions for their adaptation to climate change. We found that women participate in fishery process as: preparation, handling, primary sale, transport and final sale; however for future artisanal fishery projects with gender approach the following affirmative actions are 
necessary: added value processing, biofertilizers production, ecotourism, sustainable aquaculture, marine gastronomy and handcrafts.