Problems of Women Fishmonger in Puducherry Premapriya M.1, Dr. Jeyaseela M.2 1Ph. D Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Periyar University, Salem-11 2Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Periyar University, Salem-11 Online published on 5 August, 2019. Abstract Fishmongers are a traditional work that has been a means of occupation for thousands in India; Fishmongers also carry out significance addition by sorting, cleaning, grading and icing the fish. Women play important roles in fisheries, predominantly in the pre-harvest and post-harvest sectors. The subsequent are some of the problems they faced: lack of basic facilities at harbours and landing centers, poor access to credit, lack of public transport to markets, lack of ice and proper storage facilities, problems at marketplaces, selling fish in very unhygienic places, lack of basic infrastructures like sheds and other facilities like table, chairs, toilets, and room to change dress, ice boxes and drinking water, moneylenders etc. With this backdrop, the study aims to find out the socio-economic condition of women fishmonger in Puducherry, to study the problem faced in the market by women fishmongers, to bring out the health issues of women fishmonger. An interview schedule has been constructed and the data were collected by using the schedule of question by using the purposive sampling method among 50 women respondents in one fishing village namely Veerampattinam in Puducherry region. The study revealed that market infrastructure facility was very poor for 80 percent respondents. Most of the respondents’ (50%) monthly income was between Rs. 3000–5000. Most of them prefer the nearby hospitals which are usually private for their health needs hospital and it is of easy reach. The main problem was by the finance related issues. Top Keywords Fish Market, Fishmonger, Coastal area. Health problem. Top |