{"id":94031,"date":"2022-04-20T14:17:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/?post_type=samudra&p=94031"},"modified":"2022-04-20T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T08:55:08","slug":"a-platform-for-action","status":"publish","type":"samudra","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/samudra\/a-platform-for-action\/","title":{"rendered":"A Platform for Action"},"content":{"rendered":"
Meeting in Mumbai, women fishworkers of the coastal districts of the Indian State of Maharashtra drew up an agenda to advocate for their rights and livelihoods<\/strong><\/p>\n This article is by Ahana Lakshmi <\/strong>(ahanalakshmi@gmail.com) and Sopan Joshi <\/strong>(sopan.joshi@gmail.com), independent consultants. ICSF Trust thanks the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) for hosting the event.<\/p>\n In December 2021, a dozen women from the coastal districts of the western Indian State of Maharashtra assembled in the capital, Mumbai. All experienced fishworker leaders\u2014most of them representing the Maharashtra Machhimar Kruti Samiti (MMKS)\u2014they had gathered to learn from one another and discuss strategies to address the challenges faced by fisherwomen and coastal fishing communities. Organized by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust the meeting was hosted by the Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR-CIFE) from 3 to 4 December.<\/p>\n Purnima Meher, vice president of MMKS and the National Fishworkers\u2019 Forum (NFF), and Nalini Nayak, ICSF Trustee, welcomed the participants and explained the purpose and structure of the workshop. Thereafter, the discussion proceeded to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector and its workers. The aim of the meeting was to understand how the women\u2019s livelihoods had been sustained, despite new and existing challenges. At the same time, it was important to connect their experiences in India to global trends in fisheries, the acceleration in the ocean and coastal economy, and the climate and biodiversity agenda. The outcomes of this meeting will feed into ICSF\u2019s national workshop on the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines), and women in fisheries, to be held in Chennai in April 2021.<\/p>\n
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