Women – fishing and struggling: As women fishworkers in Ceara come together for the first time, they highlight the need to forge a political identity and strengthen their collective organization

Cristina Maneschy, Maria (2009) Women – fishing and struggling: As women fishworkers in Ceara come together for the first time, they highlight the need to forge a political identity and strengthen their collective organization. Yemaya (31). pp. 7-11. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

From 26 to 29 November 2008, in Caucaia, a beach suburb in northeastern Brazil, fisherwomen from the State of Ceará took the lead in organizing their first meeting near the capital city of Fortaleza. The meeting, titled “Women: Fishing and Struggling”, brought together about 50 women from coastal villages and small cities, including two women from an indigenous community.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM277
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Brazil, Women, Fishworkers Organisation, Identity, Movimento Nacional dos Pescadores (MONAPE), Income, Equality, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2021 07:12
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 06:57
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/564

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