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Youcef Bounab

Tunisia Fisherwomen Battle Inequality And Climate Change

Tunisian fisherwoman Sara Souissi, 43, defied men who believed she had no place at sea (Credit: AFP)

Off a quiet Tunisian island, Sara Souissi readies her small fishing boat. As a woman in the male-dominated trade, she rows against entrenched patriarchy but also environmental threats to her livelihood.

Souissi began fishing as a teenager in a family of fishers off their native Kerkennah Islands near the city of Sfax, defying men who believed she had no place at sea.

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