[ Vente de poissons et autonomisation des femmes dans la ville de Bouaké ]
Volume 38, Issue 1, November 2022, Pages 93–103
Dosso Yaya1
1 Maître-Assistant, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The markets of the city of Bouaké are flooded with fish production from Abidjan, Sassandra, Adiaké and Mali. In this city (Bouaké), the activity of selling fish mobilizes many women and its contribution to their financial autonomy remains unreported despite its dynamism. This article therefore highlights the participation of the sale of fish in the empowerment of women in the city of Bouaké. To achieve this, the study consisted in collecting data from documentary research and field surveys which boil down to observation, interview and questionnaire survey. The questionnaires were sent to 6 wholesalers and 188 retailers chosen using the quota sampling technique. A GPS was used to take geographic coordinates of the markets that house fish vendors. The data collected has undergone different types of processing depending on its nature. This required the use of Arcgis 10.3 software for cartographic production. Also, tables and graphs have helped to illustrate certain facts. It shows that 373 women, or 0.09% of the female population and 0.16% of the working-age population work in the field of fish sales. All claim to have monthly incomes above the Ivorian SMIG (Guaranteed Minimum Interprofessional Salary) (60,000 CFA francs). This income allows them to support themselves, take care of their children, help their husbands, invest in real estate and other business sectors. In addition, these women face difficulties in carrying out their duties. These include the scarcity of fish at times, road hassles, the problem of conservation and the difficulty of access to goods for those who get their supplies from rural production areas.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, sale of fish, empowerment of women.
Volume 38, Issue 1, November 2022, Pages 93–103
Dosso Yaya1
1 Maître-Assistant, Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2022 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The markets of the city of Bouaké are flooded with fish production from Abidjan, Sassandra, Adiaké and Mali. In this city (Bouaké), the activity of selling fish mobilizes many women and its contribution to their financial autonomy remains unreported despite its dynamism. This article therefore highlights the participation of the sale of fish in the empowerment of women in the city of Bouaké. To achieve this, the study consisted in collecting data from documentary research and field surveys which boil down to observation, interview and questionnaire survey. The questionnaires were sent to 6 wholesalers and 188 retailers chosen using the quota sampling technique. A GPS was used to take geographic coordinates of the markets that house fish vendors. The data collected has undergone different types of processing depending on its nature. This required the use of Arcgis 10.3 software for cartographic production. Also, tables and graphs have helped to illustrate certain facts. It shows that 373 women, or 0.09% of the female population and 0.16% of the working-age population work in the field of fish sales. All claim to have monthly incomes above the Ivorian SMIG (Guaranteed Minimum Interprofessional Salary) (60,000 CFA francs). This income allows them to support themselves, take care of their children, help their husbands, invest in real estate and other business sectors. In addition, these women face difficulties in carrying out their duties. These include the scarcity of fish at times, road hassles, the problem of conservation and the difficulty of access to goods for those who get their supplies from rural production areas.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, sale of fish, empowerment of women.
Abstract: (french)
Les marchés de la ville de Bouaké sont inondés par les productions halieutiques d’Abidjan, de Sassandra, d’Adiaké et du Mali. Dans cette ville (Bouaké), l’activité de vente de poissons mobilise nombre de femmes et sa contribution à leur autonomie financière reste sous silence malgré son dynamisme. Cet article vient donc porter en exergue la participation de la vente de poissons à l’autonomisation des femmes de la ville de Bouaké. Pour y parvenir, l’étude a consisté à recueillir les données à partir de la recherche documentaire et d’enquêtes de terrain qui se résumént à l’observation, l’entretien et l’enquête par questionnaire. Les questionnaires ont été adressés à 6 grossistes et 188 détaillantes choisies selon la technique d’échantillonnage par quota. Un GPS a été utilisé pour la prise de coordonnées géographiques des marchés qui abritent des vendeuses de poissons. Les données recueillies ont subi différents types de traitements selon leur nature. Cela a nécessité le recours au logiciel Arcgis 10.3 pour les réalisations cartographiques. Aussi des tableaux et des graphiques ont-ils permis d’illustrer certains faits. Il en ressort que 373 femmes, soit 0,09 % de la population féminine et 0,16 % de celle en âge de travailler exercent dans le domaine de la vente de poissons. Toutes affirment avoir des revenus mensuels supérieurs au SMIG (Salaire Minimum Interprofessionnel Garanti) ivoirien (60 000 Francs CFA). Ces revenus leur permettent de subvenir à leurs besoins, de s’occuper de leurs enfants, d’aider leurs maris, d’investir dans l’immobilier et dans d’autres secteurs d’activité. Par ailleurs, ces femmes sont confrontées à des difficultés dans l’exercice de leur fonction. Il s’agit entre autres de la rareté du poisson par moment, des tracasseries routières, du problème de conservation et des difficultés d’accès aux marchandises pour celles qui s’approvisionnent en zones de production rurale.
Author Keywords: Bouaké, vente du poisson, autonomisation des femmes.
How to Cite this Article
Dosso Yaya, “Selling fish and empowering women in the city of Bouaké,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 93–103, November 2022.
