The gallery contains a collection of photographs published in issues of the SAMUDRA Report and the Yemaya Newsletter, as also other ICSF publications, workshops and meetings over the years. Also to be found are more general images of fishing and fishworkers in action across the world. There are about 10,000 photos from 64 countries. The photo database is searchable by caption, country and photographer. All images are free for download, though users are requested to credit the photos to ICSF and the respective photographer.
In the Byculla Gujari private market the owners have stopped providing basic amenities. Vendors have no security for either their fish, or themselves.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati S Peke
Fallon and Grace have no problem being the only women on board. The times are indeed changing.
Photo credit: Corinne Dunphy
Women’s fishing is less likely to be counted, the contribution of women to fisheries are essentially invisible.
Photo credit: Danika Kleiber
Chandrika Sharma, Executive Secretary, ICSF, at the Technical Consultation on SSF Guidelines that addressed issues of importance for women’s lives and livelihoods.
Photo credit: Cornelie Quist
SEWA has offered a composite insurance product known as VimoSEWA (meaning SEWA insurance) for members and their families. Annual general meeting of members of VimoSEWA.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati Peke / ICSF
The Warruwi community has always depended upon marine resources and engaged in subsistence harvesting activities. Woman collecting oysters in Warruwi coastal area.
Photo credit: Lisa Petheram
The annual general meeting of AKTEA was held on the 15 October 2013 in Brussels. The AKTEA network is a valuable source of information about EU institutions and policies for its members.
Photo credit: Annie Castaldo
ANP Co-ordination meeting at Brazil in October 2013. Two co-ordination meetings have been held in 2013, both in the house of fishworkers in Olinda, Pernambuco.Photo credit: Naina Pierri
Sajitha Madathil during the performance of Matsyagandhi, (The One Who Smells of Fish), a one-act solo play on the travails of women from fishing communities.
Photo credit: Radhakrishnan
There were 150 women members from CONAPACH at the International Congress of Women in Artisanal Fisheries held in Valparaiso, Chile from 5-7 June 2013.
Photo credit: Natalia Tavares De Azevedo
Women in the Conguiana community, Inhambane province, Mozambique engage in post-harvest fisheries activities.
Photo credit: Mayra Pereira
Participants at the Senegal SSF Guidelines Workshop. Women’s rights and interests need to be protected in all aspects of small-scale fisheries.
Photo credit: Brian O’riordan
The participants outlined strategies to secure the livelihoods of women fish vendors in the changing urban landscape of Mumbai, India.
Photo credit: Shuddhawati Peke
Ama harvest iwanori (rock seaweed) and namako (sea cucumber) in winter. They are the direct descendants of the nomadic sea gypsies from the Korean island of Jeju.
Photo credit: Anne Mcdonald
Participants from the shrimp processing industry at the labour laws training programme organized by BEST-BFQ project, Bangladesh.
Photo credit: MD. Nuruzzaman