{"id":94862,"date":"2022-05-19T14:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T09:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/?post_type=resources&p=94862"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:04:17","slug":"statement-wif-chennai-2022","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/resources\/statement-wif-chennai-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from the National Workshop: SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India, 8-10 April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
We, the women representatives of marine and inland fishworkers\u2019 organizations (associations, cooperatives, trade unions, and self-help groups) and fishing communities from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa and Kerala; and women earning their livelihood mainly from collecting shellfish and seaweed from nearshore waters, coastal and marine fishing, beach-drying and processing fish, and street, or door-to-door, vending;<\/p>\n
Having met at the National Workshop: the SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India<\/em>, at Asha Niwas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 8 to 10 April 2022\u2014a meeting of the national women in fisheries platform\u2014to make our role in fisheries more visible and to avail of our rights, to enhance our livelihood space along the value chain and to get our due recognition from the Government;<\/p>\n Taking stock of the impact of COVID-19 on our lives and livelihoods, and adequacy of pandemic relief and recovery measures;<\/p>\n Concerned about the negative impact of industrial pollution and extreme weather events on our fishing and fish-vending activities;<\/p>\n Noting that the negative impact of coastal degradation, overfishing, pandemics and natural disasters are disproportionately borne by women of fishing communities;<\/p>\n Further concerned about our continued invisibility in all activities along the fisheries value chain, in spite of our valuable contribution to local nutrition and food security;<\/p>\n Draw the attention of the Union, State and local authorities and fishworkers\u2019 organizations to redress our grievances:<\/p>\n In light of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA), 2022, we, the representatives of women fishworkers and fishing communities, call for the implementation of these action points, in line with the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication.<\/p>\n Statement translation in\u00a0Marathi<\/a>,\u00a0Malayalam<\/a>,\u00a0Tamil<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Bengali<\/a><\/p>\n\n