Widows' struggles in post-war Sri Lanka

This report documents the post-war struggle of women, mainly widows, from the fishing communities of Mannar, Sri Lanka, attempting to reconstruct their lives.

Yemaya, No. 27, March 2008

Reflections/ Women in Fisheries - Women's struggles in fisheries: What have we gained? Africa/ South Africa - Women’s net worth. Europe/ The Netherlands - VinVis: The women in fisheries network. Asia/ The Philippines - Women as fishers: Issues and struggles. Yemaya/ Past to Present - Yemaya over the years. Yemaya Recommends - Mukkuvar Women. Profile - Meet Zoila Bustamente. Q&A - Interview with Maria Cristina Maneschy. Milestones – France. What's New, Webby? - ICSF’s Women in Fisheries Bibliography.

Voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication: summary

The Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) were adopted by member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and were officially approved as an international instrument in June 2014. What is very special about the SSF Guidelines is that it was created as a result of a very long history of the struggles of small-scale fishworkers around the world appealing for greater recognition of their status and their role in the fisheries sector of their countries. These Guidelines have 100 paragraphs which are distributed across 13 sections. This document is only a summation of the contents of the Guidelines. It was produced for ICSF by John Kurien, founder Member of ICSF, who has worked for the last four decades with small-scale fishing communities in many areas around the world, particularly in Kerala, India.