Women fish too: Invisible women in tuna industries
The assumption that the tuna fishing industry is a man’s world is not only misleading, but also damaging.
The assumption that the tuna fishing industry is a man’s world is not only misleading, but also damaging.
By Rachel Sundar Raj
Vietnam has seen its economy undergo many drastic changes during the past 40 years, going from a centrally planned economy to a market-driven one. Since the transition to a market-driven economy, many studies on the economics of commodities have been conducted but this story reports on the first study of women in the purchasing node of tuna.