Profile: Proud and passionate: Despite several challenges, Lilia Briones Bermúdez, a community leader in Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica, remains steadfastly committed to the struggles of her community

Solis Rivera, Vivienne and Rafael Ramos, Mercedes (2021) Profile: Proud and passionate: Despite several challenges, Lilia Briones Bermúdez, a community leader in Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica, remains steadfastly committed to the struggles of her community. Yemaya (64). p. 6. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Lilia Briones is a fisherwoman. She is also a community leader, in the forefront of the struggles of her community in Barra del Colorado, a small-scale artisanal fishing in Costa Rica’s Northern Caribbean coast. Her partner, Jesús Chavés, is a fisherman and the couple has three children. Lilia Briones acquired her extensive fishing skills at a young age by watching the elders in Barra del Colorado catch fish.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM565
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Personalities, Fishworkers' Struggle, Livelihoods, Fishing Communities, Costa Rica, Small-scale Fisheries, Artisanal Fisheries, Women, Safety at Work, Decision Making
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2021 04:55
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 03:59
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/7405

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