@article{Sultana:42509,
      recid = {42509},
      author = {Sultana, Parvin and Thompson, Paul M.},
      title = {Gender and Local Floodplain Management Institutions--A  Case Study from Bangladesh},
      address = {2006},
      number = {577-2016-39231},
      series = {CAPRi Working Paper},
      pages = {68},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {Floodplain wetlands are the major common pool natural  resource in Bangladesh.
Mostly men fish, and both men and  women collect aquatic plants and snails. Case  studies
contrast a women-only, men-only, and mixed  community based organization (CBO), each
of which manages a  seasonal floodplain wetland. The two CBOs in which women  hold
key positions are in Hindu communities where more  women use aquatic resources, work
for an income, and belong  to other local institutions. In the oldest of these CBOs,  more
women have gradually become office bearers as their  recognition in the community has
grown. In the Muslim  community, only a few women collect aquatic resources and  in this
community most women do not perceive floodplain  natural resource constraints to be
very important to them.  These women have no role in the CBO and feel that they have  no
say in decisions about the fishery, unlike many women in  the other two sites. The fishery
management activities in  all three sites are similar and catches and biodiversity  appear to
have improved, demonstrating that women can play  an effective role in community
organizations for fishery  management. Those who are represented in the CBOs  reported
significant increases in their participation and  influence. Men and women in all three sites
recognized that  decision-making and management of their fisheries had  improved, but
community support and compliance were higher  where both men and women had an
active role in this  process. Women had a more diverse set of criteria for  effective CBOs
than men. The men-only CBO saw itself as  more of a membership based organization
than as  representing all of the community.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/42509},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.42509},
}