TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION APPROVAL H DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS vii ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background to the study I L2 Statement of problem 3 1.3 Objective of the study 4 1.4 Research questions 4 1.5 Scope of the study 4 1.6 Significance of the study 5

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.0 Introduction 6 2.1 Socio-demographic characteristics and HIV/AIDs 6 2.2 Community Perception of women in fishing communities 7 2.3 Economic activities of men and women in fishing communities 8 2.4 Gender relations on the spread of HIV/AIDS 10 2.5 The effects of the increasing HIV/AIDS 14 2.6 Strategies of improving the status of women in fishing communities 18 2.6 Conceptual framework 20

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY 21 3.1 Introduction 21 3.2 Research design 21 3.3 The scope of the study 21 3.3.1 The area scope 21 3.4 Sample selection 21 3.5 Procedure for getting the data 23 3.6 Data collection 23 3.7 Data analysis 24 3.8 Ethical considerations 24

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CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 25 4.0 Introduction 25 4.1 Bio data 25 4.1.1 Sex 25 4.1.2 Age 26 4.2 Community Perception of women in Fishing Communities 28 4.3 Economic activities on fishing sites 31 4.4 Effects of HIV /AIDS in fishing communities 34 4.5 Possible Measures to Improve the Status /Community Perception of Women. 36 4. 6 Suggested measures to control HIV/AIDS in fishing communities 36

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 39 5.0 Introduction 39 5.1 Summary 39 5.2 Recommendation 40 REFERENCES 42 APPENDIX1: QUESTIONNAIRE 43 APPENDIX II: INTER VIEW GUIDE 45