Tunisia fisherwomen battle inequality and climate change

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Tunisian fisherwoman Sara Souissi, 43, defied men who believed she had no place at sea.
Photo: Mohamed KHALIL / AFP
Source: 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…

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