Remembering Usha Tamore: A Tribute to the memory of an inspiring and unforgettable woman, who led women fish vendors in Mumbai, India, towards autonomy and strength

S. Peke, Shuddhawati (2014) Remembering Usha Tamore: A Tribute to the memory of an inspiring and unforgettable woman, who led women fish vendors in Mumbai, India, towards autonomy and strength. Yemaya (46). pp. 6-7. ISSN 0973-1156

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Abstract

In 2013, when I started actively engaging with women fishworkers in Mumbai, India, I got to know Usha tai. (The word tai means ‘elder sister’ in Marathi, the local language spoken in Mumbai.) She had brought women fishworkers from her network to the women’s wing of Maharashtra Macchimar Kriti Samittee (MMKS). In the year that I worked with her, I got a glimpse of her life as both a woman fish vendor and a woman leader who fought for women vendors’ rights. I also got to know her as a fighter in her personal battle against ovarian cancer.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.YEM386
Keywords:	Yemaya, ICSF, Personalities, Women, India, Maharashtra, Fish Vendors, Fish Marketing, Displacement, Cooperatives, 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 10:50
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/803

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