Author: Heng Samay
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.GD-05-12
Year: 2005
Academic Program: Gender and Development Studies (GDS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2005
Examination Committee: Bernadette P. Resurreccion (Chairperson); Kyoko Kusakabe, Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study was undertaken to know how gender productive and reproductive roles are organized and managed in a Cambodian fishing village. It would inquiry into how culturally defined gender roles in Khmer society are influenced and re-shaped by socio-economic and other external factors. It also highlighted the gender role differences between fishing and non-fishing productive activities. The study was conducted between September and October of 2004 in Kanleng Phe village, one of the state recognized fishing communities in Cambodia, located on South East of Kampong Chhnang Province with a waterway distance of 27 km away from the provincial town. A qualitative approach was followed to conduct the study. Data were collected from key informants of the village and households male and female heads in the area. Male and female respondents from 38 households were interviewed through purposive selections. Focus Group Discussion and unstructured interview methods were used for data collection. Abstraction and thick description techniques were used for analyzing the information and field notes. Both agricultural land and fishing ground are the main natural resources that shape people livelihoods in Kanleng Phe village. The area is flooded seasonally every year from August to November. At that time agricultural and other productive activities become restricted as land area are totally covered under 1-2 meters water. Fishing becomes the main economic activity at that time for most of the households. In terms of typical gender roles, in Kanleng Phe village, women are primarily responsible for households reproductive activity while men are responsible for income generation. However, it shows that both men and women are involved in agriculture and fisheries activities too. Fishing is socially recognized as a male task though women involve in fish processing and fishing gear preparation. However, it is also evident that in flooded season women from poor households are also involved in fish catching as that is the only source of i
Scholarship Donor(s): Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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