Proud to be a fishworker: Women should keep their heads high and not let go of their struggle

M.G., Indu (2000) Proud to be a fishworker: Women should keep their heads high and not let go of their struggle. Yemaya (4). pp. 2-3. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

I was born in the city of Itapissuma. I belong to a family of fishermen and I started fishing at the age of eight. The womens’ group I work with began in 1975 with the help of the church. This group started very small, but we all realized we had to defend our rights as fishworkers. We did not have licenses to fish like the men and that was basically our main issue. Today we women fishworkers have licenses. This was the first place in the whole of Brazil where women were given fishing licenses and recognized as fishworkers, just like the men.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM054
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Brazil, Women, Social Security, Fishing Rights, Income, Mangroves, Tourism, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 07:44
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 11:47
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/172

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