Study on the status of fisherwomen health and other perspectives: an overview

Women in fishing communities play multidimensional roles that include livelihood, household, reproductive and community ones. Their involvement in fisheries value chains are often considered as invisible by poor social acceptance due to gender biasness, poor environmental condition due to unfavorable climate, Diseases due to Lactococcus garvieae, HIV and AIDS are responsible for their poor health issue, poor economic issue due to deprivation from a fair price of work, poor technological issues due to use of heavy instruments causes improper handling for women .But agencies like DRWA, FAO, ICSF, ICAR are highlighting issues of women in fisheries, supporting the role of women in fisheries and enhancing their participation in decision-making processes through programs and policies like WIF and NAIP for development of these women.