Timor-Leste: strong women, strong nation
Innovative research in the Southeast Asian island nation of Timor-Leste has obtained data to help close the gender gap and provide food security for the local community. In October 2018, Leocaldia de Araujo, a fisherwoman from a village of 300 people at the northern tip of Timor-Leste’s Atauro Island, stepped quietly but confidently on to a stage in the capital, Dili. She was representing women fishers and fishworkers at the National Fisher Forum, the largest fisheries-focused gathering in Timor-Leste since independence. Her presence in front of a predominantly male crowd represented the start of a change taking place in Timor-Leste and its fisheries. She referred to herself and her community as an example of ami povu ki’ik (the poor and marginalized) that need to be heard.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, ICSF, Samudra Report, Timor-Leste, Gender, women, small-scale fisheries, food security, fishing communities, fisherwomen, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41284 |
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