Division of Labor
Abstract. Gender issues are currently the concern of many countries including Indonesia as the world's largest archipelagic country with large fish resource potential. The role of women in productive work on the coast of West Java Province, Indonesia is very large, especially in the business of processing fish. Women fish processing in West Java can increase the added value of fishery products landed by fisher. Research on the relationship of gender roles and livelihoods of fisheries is very rare. This study aims to analyze the role of gender in small-scale fish processing. The method used is a survey and in-depth interviews of 250 respondents fish processing business owners in West Java. The results showed that the role of fish processing women is very large in the production and domestic work. Women can not ignore homework even though they work as fish processors. The implication of this research is the policy in determining the target of extension in the field of sma...