Fighting for space: Efforts to form a union of women in small-scale fish vending in Gujarat, India, promise to go a long way in addressing the problems of lack of space and facilities that these women face

S. Peke, Shuddhawati (2014) Fighting for space: Efforts to form a union of women in small-scale fish vending in Gujarat, India, promise to go a long way in addressing the problems of lack of space and facilities that these women face. Yemaya (47). pp. 2-3. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

When you first met Hansaben and Shailesh, the two young and cheerful community organisers from the coastal town of Veraval in Gujarat, India, appear to be simple and shy. They have been part of an organization called Jan Jagruti Manch (People’s Awareness Forum) since they were adolescents, and have witnessed their families fight against powerful infl uential leaders of the Kharava caste panchayat (fishing communities’ traditional institution). In continuing this struggle against existing traditional systems, they are trying to organize small-scale fishers. Hansaben is at the forefront in organizing women vendors and women fish processors employed in fish processing plants at Veraval.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM391
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, India, Gujarat, Fishworker Union, Small-scale Fisheries, Women, Fish Processing, National Fishworkers Federation (NFF), Social Security, Fish Marketing
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:20
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 10:39
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/808

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