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Q & A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interview with Marizelha Carlos Lopes<\/strong> (‘Nega’), a fisherwoman and a leader of the Movement of Fisherworkers of Bahia, the National Organization of Fisherwomen of Brazil (ANP) and the National Movement of Fishermen and Fisherwomen of Brazil (MPP) (nega.ilha@bol.com.br<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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By Na\u00edna Pierri<\/strong> (pierrinai@gmail.com<\/a>), Member, ICSF and Natalia Azevedo (natytav@yahoo.com.br<\/a>), Researcher<\/p>\n

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Where are you from and when did you start fishing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am from Bananeiras, a quilombola community, which is located on the Ilha de Mar\u00e9, Salvador, Bahia. I am now 42 years-old. I was seven when I started fishing along with my mother, to increase our income.<\/p>\n

When and why did you start to fight in defence of fishing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My reference is always my father, who was a great leader in the community. When I was 17, I took part in the activities held by the local Catholic church, and I also led a youth group at the first assembly of the founding of the rural workers’ union. When I was 19, we founded the first association of residents and friends from Bananeiras. I started fighting in defence of fishing after undergoing some training with the Pastoral Council of the Fishermen (CPP).<\/p>\n

In the beginning, what was your experience of working in organizations where most of the fishers were men?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We suffered a lot of prejudice, discrimination and sexist comments, disparaging our potential and competence.<\/p>\n

How is it now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We were many women in this effort and one of us even became president of the fishers’ union of our region. We made significant changes there, a real revolution. For instance, we changed the union’s statute and put in place a system of collective decisionmaking. In the periodical election of the Directive of the Union, women were elected in the third term.<\/p>\n

How do you feel being one of the main leaders of the Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Fisherwomen from Brazil?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel I am one of a group of warriors, who, with great effort, dedication and responsibility, broke down the barriers and prejudices that weighed down this movement. Together, we have a sense of strength and freedom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":275,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"region":[],"source":[],"country":[],"state":[],"city":[],"yemaya_category":[5264],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yemaya\/45545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yemaya"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/yemaya"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yemaya\/45545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65523,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yemaya\/45545\/revisions\/65523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=45545"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=45545"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=45545"},{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=45545"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=45545"},{"taxonomy":"yemaya_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yemaya_category?post=45545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}