Latin America\/ Peru<\/p>\n
We don’t wish to compete …<\/strong><\/p>\n Based on a report prepared by Ms. Cecilia Vidal Baldera and Mr. Jose Cachique Diaz. Cecilia Vidal is National Secretary of Women, FIUPAP and President of the Women’s Commitee of caleta Huarmey-Ancash and Jose Cachique Diaz is Executive Director of the FIUPAP newsletter El Mundo de la Pesca Artesanal and the FIUPAP Co-ordinator for Amazon\u00eda.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In Peru there has been gradual but firm progresswomen are now included in the social organizations of artisanal fishworkers. At the Vth Congress of the Federaci\u00f3n de Integraci\u00f3n y Unificaci\u00f3n de los Pescadores Artesanales del Per\u00fa (FIUPAP) held at Talara in May this year, Cecilia Vidal Baldara was elected as National Secretary of Women. The re-elected General Secretary of FIUPAP, Claudio Nizama Silva, expressed his conviction that women must actively participate in all activities, be they related to fishing, trade or organization.<\/p>\n At this meeting, Cecilia Vidal stressed that women in caletas<\/em> tend to be perceived as passive objects rather than as social actors in development programmes initiated by the Government. Their participation in local and regional spaces is minimal, if not completely lacking.<\/p>\n She highlighted the following aspects:<\/p>\n In conclusion, Cecelia stressed that:<\/p>\n We don’t wish to compete with males; what we do want is to work alongside our men, supporting them, for the welfare of our families, our communities and our country as a whole.<\/em><\/p>\n We, as women, have the difficult task ahead of organizing ourselves. We believe that we must take on shared and complementary responsibilities. Liberty for us lies in the strong familial bond that leads us to seek the best for our children and to share our daily lives with happiness and understanding.<\/em><\/p>\n
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