{"id":11557,"date":"2014-08-20T23:17:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=11557"},"modified":"2014-08-20T23:17:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:17:09","slug":"role-of-women-in-fish-processing-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=11557","title":{"rendered":"Role of women in fish processing in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Credit:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> Patrick Appenteng\u00a0(Ghana)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Aquaculture provides employment for nearly 2% of the Ghanaian population including women in ancillary activities after harvesting of cultured fish. The pictures are taken in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. Fish carried out by a woman as shown in one of the photo is a part of a cage farm harvest and carried out for processing. The other pictures show some women in some of these ancillary operations. These women could be seen removing the scales as well as degutting harvested fish.<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Apart from the wages they get, these women also collect the fish offal\u2019s and fish oils for various purposes including food and in the manufacturing of some local soap.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=11559\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-01.jpg?fit=1325%2C998&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1325,998\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (01)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-01.jpg?fit=750%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11559\" alt=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-01-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (02)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-02.jpg?fit=750%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11560\" alt=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-02-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-02.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-02.jpg?w=1312&amp;ssl=1 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-03.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=11561\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-03.jpg?fit=1337%2C1010&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1337,1010\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (03)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-03.jpg?fit=750%2C566&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11561\" alt=\"Women in fish processing in Ghana (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Women-in-fish-processing-in-Ghana-03-300x226.jpg?resize=300%2C226\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" 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The pictures are taken in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. 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