Participación de la mujer en el desarrollo de la actividad pesquera artesanal de Puerto Bolívar, año 2021

Abstract

This research, in the context of the degree work, addresses the issue of women's participation in the development of artisanal fishing activity in Puerto Bolivar, year 2021. The social and economic productive context of this activity reveals the low level of participation of women, who are relegated to certain specific functions in areas of the productive chain of processing and commercialization of artisanal fishing products, as a direct consequence of the weak organization of this social group, in order to enforce their rights to labor equality and equal remuneration with men. This is compounded by the prevalence of macho patterns in the managers or leaders of the trade and associations eminently dominated by men who do not see this gender as equal. Under this taxing and discriminatory scenario of women's labor capacities in the artisanal fishing activity in the urban parish of Puerto Bolivar, the general objective of the study is to determine the incidence of women's participation in the development of artisanal fishing activity in this maritime sector of the Machala Canton. In the same way, the socio-economic level of women who participate in the artisanal fishing activity is identified, as well as the determination of their role in this activity and its influence in terms of their social inclusion in gender equity from their dynamics established in the organization of women participants in artisanal fishing. The methodology of the study is epistemologically focused on empirical-inductive research, analytical-synthetic method, with a mixed methodological character in view of the use of combined research tools such as the survey, the documentary review that theoretically supports the research problem, the interview and its orientation to women who participate in artisanal fishing activities, distributed in 122 surveys to legally constituted organizations or associations, 88 to women belonging to de facto fishing organizations and 63 who work in an inductive manner, the interview and its orientation to the women who participate in the artisanal fishing activity, distributed in 122 surveys to legally constituted organizations or associations, 88 to women belonging to de facto fishing organizations and 63 who work independently or who do not belong to any de jure or de facto guild in the artisanal fishing of the Parish, giving a total population of 273 women. In addition, interviews were conducted with leaders and members of the Union of Artisanal Fishing Production Organizations of El Oro UOPPAO, and participant observation through community workshops, which facilitated the interpretative analysis for the triangulation of results in accordance with the research objectives regarding women's participation in the development of artisanal fishing activities in Puerto Bolivar.