Profile: Marta Machazeck Serrutt: In Panamá, the persistent efforts of a courageous woman go a long way in bolstering the dignity of fishworkers, their incomes and conditions of work

Pierri, Naina (2013) Profile: Marta Machazeck Serrutt: In Panamá, the persistent efforts of a courageous woman go a long way in bolstering the dignity of fishworkers, their incomes and conditions of work. Yemaya (42). p. 4. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

Fifty-year-old Marta Machazeck is the President of the Artisanal Bocatoreños Fishermen Union, and one of the leaders of the Federation of Associations and Cooperatives of Artisanal Fishers of Panamá (FENAPESCA). She lives in Almirante, a township created by the North American United Fruit Company as a port for the export of plantains, now a bustling city at Almirante Bay, near the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in the northwest coast of Panamá. The population of Almirante is mainly composed of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendents.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM359
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Personalities, Women, Panama, Income, Working Conditions, Fish Catch, Trade, Small-scale Fisheries
Subjects:	Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2021 12:24
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2022 04:07
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/758

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