Mozambique: Under Their Own Steam
Natural disasters like cyclones, more than the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with lack of research on the conditions of the poor, threaten the well-being of small-time fishers in Mozambique. When the COVID-19 pandemic landed on Mozambique shores last year, it found a country in dire need of socioeconomic renewal and welfare reform. A series of natural disasters—cyclones, floods, drought—and ongoing military conflict had already reduced the most vulnerable communities of the country to fighting for scraps. Employment and income, already very low, were hit badly by the government’s restrictions on movement, in response to the pandemic.
Title of publication: Samudra Report
N.0: 85
ISSN: 0976-1121
Intervalo de páginas: 51-54
Autor: Simeao Lopes, Daniel Benigna Lopes
Organización: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Año: 2021
País(es): Mozambique
Tipo: Artículo de revista especializada
Texto completo disponible en: https://www.icsf.net/images/samudra/pdf/english/issue_85/4519_art_Sam_85_art14_Mozambique_SimeaoLopes.pdf
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English