A Right to fish, a fight to live: In the Sundarbans forest in the east coast of India, women canoe fishers organize themselves to secure their constitutionally-protected right to survival and livelihood

Sarkar, Urvashi (2015) A Right to fish, a fight to live: In the Sundarbans forest in the east coast of India, women canoe fishers organize themselves to secure their constitutionally-protected right to survival and livelihood. Yemaya (48). pp. 6-7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

A tall and lean fi sherwoman with a strong face stares at the evening sun fading into the still waters running through Kultali, an island in the Sunderbans forest; Anima Mandal is angry. She hasn’t eaten since morning. She was there for a meeting that the Kultali Forest Range beat offi cer had fi xed for 2 pm on February 14, 2015 at the forest range compound in a corner of Kultali, cross a river.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM401
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, India, West Bengal, Sunderbans, Canoe, Fishing Rights, Livelihoods, Conservation, Tourism, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:20
Last Modified:	26 Mar 2022 10:22
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/821

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