This dossier puts together documents related to a unique public hearing held at Cochin, India in June 1995, on the problems faced by women workers in India’s fish processing industry. The processing sector in fisheries is very labour intensive and utilises migrant female labour. These migrant girls and women, often unmarried, are very vulnerable, living in extremely poor working and housing conditions. Also, they do not get the benefits that they are entitled to by law. In 1993, this issue was investigated by the women’s wing of the National Fishworker’s Forum (NFF)—an independent union of artisanal fishworker organizations aided by ICSF’s women members in Kerala. This public hearing in which around 250 people from eight states of India took part, was organised to mobilise women fishprocessors and to bring to the forefront an issue. Apart from a comprehensive report on the sector, this Dossier includes transcripts of oral testimonies of some of the women workers and the judgement of the jury.