Abstract: The paper examined gender and fisheries of lake Kainji, Nigeria. The study highlights socio-economic characteristics of women involved in Kainji lake fisheries, important issues about gender and fisheries. It reveals that the categories of women in the Kainji lake fisheries are in the middle age of 31-40 years with very low educational background. It also indicates that fish processing has been the most prominent activity of women in fisheries of lake Kainji and constitute about 60% of the women. The study concludes that women play significant roles in all aspects of fisheries in lake Kainji. Importantly, women’s roles span reproduction and production.