Abstract:
In fishermen family in Kerala, the male fishermen are actively involved with
fishing activities. But due to the uncertainties prevailing in the fishing sector
there is no guaranteed income of them. The responsibility of household
management-food, childcare, children's education, family health, sanitation,
financial management and the responsibility of getting and repaying debts will
be mostly on the women's shoulders. Fisherwomen from fishermen
community, who try to enter an industry facing various problems, after
mechanization the intensification of multi-day fishing, the household
responsibility of fisher women has increased to a greater extent. The women
fisher folk of the fishing sector in the real force behind the fisher folk to cater
the domestic needs. The geographical focus of the study is Kerala. The study
is an attempt to document the issues and difficulties that are addressed by
fisherwomen in the context of entrepreneurship. This conceptual study aims to
describe the problems faced by the women entrepreneurs in the fishermen
community and describe the role of education for the empowerment of them.
