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As this issue of Yemaya goes to press, oil from the BP drill in the
US Gulf of Mexico is still spilling out uncontrollably, destroying marine life and habitat at an unprecedented scale. The full environmental, social
and economic implications of the oil spill are still to be fully grasped.

The spill is a grave reminder of the numerous threats facing fisheries and
fishing communities today. The commercial exploitation of seas, the pressures of overfishing, technological changes in fisheries, competition over coastal spaces, pollution and the destruction of coastal habitats—fishing communities across the world are being affected by such developments. They strike right at the heart of communities and families, impacting livelihoods, power relations, the gender division of labour as well as food security and community wellbeing.

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    All Issues Issue - 32, November 2009
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EDITORIAL

Asia / India
Confronting Authority, Negotiating Morality
With Pictures (99 K) | 

Latin America / Ecuador
Painting the Diversity of Mangroves
With Pictures (82 K) | 

Report / Brussels
Blind to Sector and Gender
With Pictures (96 K) | 

Reflections / Discrimination against women
Securing Fundamental Freedoms
With Pictures (83 K) | 

Asia / Indonesia
The Food Guardians of Lamalera
With Pictures (94 K) | 

Yemaya Recommends
Gender Ideology and Manoeuvring Space for Female Fisheries Entrepreneurs
With Pictures (44 K) | 

Q & A
Interview with women from the shoe-dhoni community in Andhra Pradesh, India
With Pictures (24 K) | 

Profile
Nasrita: Saving Marine Resources
With Pictures (46 K) | 

Milestones
Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom
With Pictures (34 K) | 

What's New, Webby?
The UNIFEM website
With Pictures (51 K) | 

Yemaya Mama
...feels left out!
With Pictures (105 K) | 

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