Climate activist Fatima Majeed has been appointed president of the Sindh Fishing Department, becoming the first woman of the fishing community to become like this, arose on Friday.
Majeed is an activist, social worker and senior vice president of the Fisherfolk forum (PFF) of Pakistan.
The PFF, a democratic organization with more than 100,000 memberships throughout the country, which has a minimum relationship of 35 percent of women, today is one of the strongest social movements in Pakistan.
Over the years, it has been demonstrated as a nursery to produce leaders in the fishing and peasant communities of Pakistan.
Its fight is directed to policy issues related to fishing rights, fish marketing and fish conservation, the rehabilitation of the Delta del Indo, the sustainable fishing policy, the abolition of the contract system on the interior waters, the rights of historical fishing in the whole water bodies for the fishing of indigenous fishermen marina and fishermen’s arrest.
In a publication about X Today, the Sindh information department announced that Majeed was appointed for the paper “in line with the inclusive vision of [PPP] President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the Commitment of the Sindh government with the empowerment of women. ”
He added that she was the first woman of a fishing community to lead the vital sector.
“This milestone reflects a strong commitment to community empowerment, inclusive representation and leadership based on merit within public institutions,” he said.
Majeed has participated in protests every year during the last three years against climate change and demanding climatic justice.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) said in March that Pakistan had formally accepted the agreement on fishing subsidies.
The CEO of the WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said that the formal acceptance of Pakistan of the agreement marked a vital step to guarantee the long-term sustainability of global marine resources, while safeguarding the livelihoods and food security of the millions of people, which depend on healthy fishermen.
