Profile: Fish, ponds and empowered lives - Under Suman Singh’s leadership, women in Madhubani, India
Under Suman Singh’s leadership, women in Madhubani, India, gain greater control over their lives. Women in inland fisheries in the Madhubani district of Bihar, India, started organizing way back in the year 1999, first registering a district level fisherwomen’s cooperative, and then cooperatives at the block or sub-district level throughout Madhubani. At the helm of movement building was a non-governmental organisation (NGO) named Sakhi led by the efforts of its secretary, Suman Singh.
Title of publication: Yemaya ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
Issue: 57
Page range: 6
Author: Venugopalan N
Organization: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Year: 2018
Country/ies: India
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Newsletter article
Full text available at: https://www.icsf.net/images/yemaya/pdf/english/issue_57/2308_art_Yemaya_57_%20Profile_VenugopalanN.pdf
Content language: English