Transactional Fish-for-Sex Relationships Amid Declining Fish Access in Kenya

Kathryn J. Fiorella; Carol S. Camlin; Charles R. Salmen; Ruth Omondi; Matthew D. Hickey; Dan O. Omollo; Erin M. Milner; Elizabeth A. Bukusi; Lia C.H. Fernald; Justin S. Brashares

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.015

Transactional Fish-for-Sex Relationships Amid Declining Fish Access in Kenya

Kathryn J. Fiorella, Carol S. Camlin, Charles R. Salmen, Ruth Omondi, Matthew D. Hickey, Dan O. Omollo, Erin M. Milner, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Lia C.H. Fernald, Justin S. Brashares

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Women's access to natural resources for food and livelihoods is shaped by resource availability, income, and the gender dynamics that mediate access. In fisheries, where men often fish but women comprise 90% of traders, transactional sex is among the strategies women use to access resources. Using the case of Lake Victoria, we employed mixed methods (in-depth interviews, n = 30; cross-sectional survey, n = 303) to analyze the influence of fish declines on fish-for-sex relationships. We found that fish declines affect relationship duration and women's bargaining power. Our results have broad implications for the dynamics of economies dependent on increasingly scarce resources throughout the world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	323-332
Number of pages	10
Journal	World Development
Volume	74
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.015
State	Published - Oct 1 2015

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Food insecurity
Gender
Global change
HIV
Natural resources
Public health

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