Professional fishing and fisheries quota systems can affect women and men differently, yet gender analysis of quota systems is rare. In this article, we use a feminist framing and a mixed methods approach to examine the long-term gendered effects of the introduction of the 1990 quota system in Norway. Using statistics from the National Fishery Registry and the Directorate of Fisheries, we found that the number of women and men registered as fishers has declined since 1990 (an overall decline of 59%). Over this period, men have consistently outnumbered women among registered fishers (2.7-3.2% women), among boat owners (2.23% women in 2017) and particularly among owners of larger boats (> 11 m), which can have multiple quotas (0.35% women in 2017). However, changes in the age and geographic location among women fishers reflect changes to fisheries overall, as well as highlighting the gender-blind entry barriers that disproportionately impact women. In addition, contextualising statistical data with participant interviews conducted in North Norway, especially in Finnmark, enables us to examine more closely why the gender gap remains. This mixed method approach also identifies changes women and men working in fisheries have undergone, while also addressing women fishers' political efforts to improve gender equity in Norwegian fisheries. Our study contributes to a more nuanced understanding of Norwegian coastal fishing, and particularly women's small but significant presence.
El arrecife coralino aporta beneficios estéticos, económicos y ecosistémicos, aunque raramente se reconoce el valor patrimonial asignado por las poblaciones dependientes. Este caso de estudio analiza dos destinos internacionales de buceo en Parques Marinos del Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano, donde este patrimonio marino se gestiona parcialmente en participación, sin parámetros de referencia sobre valor. Aplicando Valoración Contingente, se determinó el valor asignado localmente al arrecife. Sin aseverar que las estrategias de conservación han permeado al poblador, un 98% de entrevistados manifestó disposición al financiamiento parcial de acciones a favor del arrecife. Los principales valores del arrecife son el turístico per se, y los valores intangibles como son la propia existencia y el bienestar que de ellos se puede heredar. Se discuten implicaciones dada la creciente demanda por este ecosistema.
Education provides the opportunity to overcome poverty and attain greater wellbeing. An evaluation was done of the impact of education - understood as formation of knowledge, values and attitudes – on wellbeing in high school students in a poor rural zone of Yucatan, Mexico. A total of 223 (94 women, 129 men) students from 14 to 19 years of age answered an instrument covering two wellbeing dimensions: eating habits and self-concept. Statistical analyses of their answers showed education to have an effect only in some aspects of eating habits. Differences by sex were present in both eating habits and selfconcept, and age affected only self-concept. The education offered these students had only a minimal effect on improving their wellbeing, undermining one of the overarching purposes of education.
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