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Along Tamil Nadu's rugged coastline, women are reshaping life at sea. Facing danger, discrimination and climate change, women like Rani are challenging a man's world — fighting to survive and be seen.

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00:01desenhaar
00:03Emerging names
00:04O Nenano
00:04You are young
00:05Do you have a man?
00:07There is an animal
00:08A man is a father
00:13A man is a father
00:24Come here
00:34It is early morning in Jinnapalam and the women are already working.
00:54We will go to Jinnapalam and the women will go to the sea.
01:01Rani and her team set out to sea.
01:04The wind is strong today, but this is nothing new.
01:09They will stay out on the boat for a few hours.
01:12Sometimes, they remain at sea for days.
01:16Though the income is uncertain and work is strenuous, fishing is their livelihood.
01:21These are the truth of the land.
01:23I am so grateful.
01:29And these people will not be part of the land.
01:30Though the land is slain,
01:34the land is only a man who can make a man who is watching.
01:38But the land is also important for us.
01:41The land is also very proud of the land.
01:47For Rani, this may be an ordinary day,
01:50But in many parts of India, this is not common.
01:53In some places, women are even barred from getting on a boat.
01:58But among South India's fishing communities, Chinna Pallam is a trailblazer.
02:04Here, women play a major role in sea fishing.
02:07I'm tired, I'm tired.
02:09I'm tired, I'm tired.
02:11If we're in the beach, we're in the beach, we're in the beach,
02:15we're in the beach, we're in the beach,
02:17we're in the beach, we're in the beach,
02:18so we are in the beach,
02:20if we're in the beach,
02:21we're in the beach,
02:24we're in the beach,
02:26we're in the beach.
02:29I'm tired.
02:34My friends are tired.
02:36I was able to do my care for them.
02:37I was able to do things as well.
02:41For generations, women's work in fishing went unrecognized,
02:46dismissed as mere support for men.
02:50Rani's generation broke with tradition,
02:53not just by choice,
02:55but because tough economic conditions
02:57pushed them into this risky work.
03:01Many of the women here have faced death
03:04and lived to tell the tale.
03:21Rani has fished here for over 20 years.
03:25Her group subtracts travel costs,
03:28then splits the remaining profit equally.
03:31These women typically earn up to 7 euros
03:34and some fish per trip,
03:36but sometimes they return empty-handed.
03:48It is their determination
03:50and the relatively calm waters around Chinna Palam
03:54that allow them to stay out for so long.
03:58Beyond fishing,
03:59these women turn every opportunity
04:02from catching crabs
04:04to cultivating seaweed into income.
04:09When the fish catch is low,
04:10the women collect seaweed
04:11and sell it to nearby factories
04:13for some extra cash.
04:16Seaweed is used in food,
04:18manufacturing,
04:20medicine,
04:21and cosmetics.
04:23This work can un-up the women
04:25to 45 euros a month.
04:27of water.
04:27In my fucking food,
04:29I served for $5
04:30for 10 years.
04:32This time i took my advice
04:35from a Latino food babbling
04:35to store farms.
04:36A lot of farms
04:36There's no food.
04:37There's no food.
04:40There's no food.
04:45I served on the food.
04:46There was no food.
04:47There's no food.
04:48There's no food.
04:48There's no food.
04:48I served as food.
04:49I served as food.
04:50There's no food thatơi else.
04:54There's no food.
04:55A food has come
04:57and I served for money.
04:57is specializing in fisheries governance.
05:01For more than a decade, he has been studying fisheries in Tamil Nadu
05:05and the role of fisher-women in local communities.
05:09In Tamil Nadu,
05:11there are no fish in Tamil Nadu.
05:16There is no fish in Tamil Nadu.
05:18There is no fish in Tamil Nadu.
05:20There is no fish in Tamil Nadu.
05:26There is no fish in Tamil Nadu.
05:35Still, in Tamil Nadu,
05:37there are more than 240,000 fish of women,
05:40nearly half of the state's fishing community.
05:44Most women do shore-based work,
05:46yet anything other than catching fish
05:49is still viewed as low-value, cheap labor.
05:56Vanaja Marsim of the Fisher-Women's Federation has been championing the rights of coastal fisher-women for over 20 years.
06:04There are no fish in the sea who came to the sea that will be its own.
06:09You know I'm going to go to the boat,
06:11you see you've got a person going to get ready,
06:14come and take it,
06:16you see all your food,
06:18you see all your food,
06:19and you see all your food.
06:21but my wife is not even wrong.
06:27I think we can see the 3rds in the Arbor.
06:33I don't know what the rules are going to be.
06:37I don't know what the rules are going to be doing.
06:39I don't know what the rules are going to be doing.
06:40But the Arbor is going to be in the local market,
06:46or in the streets are going to be a good place.
06:49and the water is the water.
06:55Roughly 270 kilometers north of Chinna Palam lies the Nagapatanam Fishing Harbour,
07:02a major hub where women are active in fish distribution and auctioning.
07:1040-year-old Vasantha makes her income auctioning fish straight off the boats.
07:24It is the women who steer the ship and not a single fish leaves the hub without passing through their
07:35hands.
07:36In this market, it is the women who steer the ship and not a single fish leaves the hub without
07:46passing through their hands.
07:54Beyond the markets, women also play an important role in traditional fishing.
07:59Men and women work side by side, yet the men are still paid more than women for the same work.
08:14In Dhanushkodi, a few kilometers from Chinna Palam, Satya and others work together to pull in a net.
08:23The catch is a small but vital.
08:26For many women and elderly residents, it is a key source of income.
08:35The catch is a small and healthy shop, but the Sally also can't get much to theста at the time.
08:42The catch is a small.
08:44No matter what the catch is, it's a big issue.
08:49The catch is big and that's huge.
08:55The catch is big and that's huge.
09:00one euro after hours of work.
09:04Separated from her husband, she relies on this income to raise her two children.
09:09Even though her earnings are modest, Satya takes pride in providing for her family.
09:30She asked me to take action towards the heavens.
09:38She offers us abuchadrester in the world.
09:39She'll be flying pilot, she'll be a ship captain.
09:43She has to do that while midterm and there is a huge effort of being a wheel forward.
09:47It's doing that wheel forward, but it's hard to do that.
09:54In the end, I'm not able to do it.
09:57Back to Rani, the independent fisherwoman, she has witnessed how often men mishandle family finances, leaving women to bear the
10:06consequences.
10:21Beyond social problems, the women of Chinna Palam face another major challenge. Climate change is destabilizing their livelihoods.
10:37I had to be a small animal to stay. I feel like I have to be a small animal for
10:41a small animal and I have to go for some of them.
10:44I was religied with my kids, but as a kid, she would become a small animal and stay calm.
10:55But when she comes across the land, she got to remain calm and calm, and she got to remain calm.
10:58It's important to enjoy the metrological issues.
11:02I was very confused and I didn't know that there was a lot of vigilance.
11:06I didn't know what the point of my head was.
11:09I was asleep and I was asleep.
11:12I was asleep and I was asleep and I was asleep and I was asleep.
11:17I was asleep and I was asleep.
11:41This has led many fisherwomen to take up daily wage work to survive.
11:47To tackle this, fisher collectives have spent the past 12 years running free workshops that teach women to make value
11:56-added products.
11:58Kanita joined an initiative 2 years ago. Today she earns a steady income by making dried fish and dried prawn
12:07products.
12:18Kanita is part of Samutra, an organization run by fisherwomen. Their products are sold in local markets and even exported
12:27to other countries.
12:31Participants say that these initiatives help them push past these challenges, resist the patriarchy and live with self-respect.
12:40They need to make a difference in their body. They want to make a difference in their body.
12:47They have to rotate their hands. They need to hurt the right muscles.
12:50If you have a shoulder pain, you have a shoulder pain,
12:55you have a uterus,
12:58you have a regular weight,
13:01you have to suffer all the time,
13:04because of the pain,
13:06you have to do it.
13:22The fisherwomen of Chinna Palam are happy to put in the work needed to succeed.
13:28Yet, there are still many barriers standing in their way, especially for deep sea fishing.
13:39The fisherwomen of Chinna Palam is a very important part of the mission of Chinna Palam.
13:45The mission of Chinna Palam is a very important part of the mission of Chinna Palam.
13:52The mission of Chinna Palam is a very important part of the mission of Chinna Palam is a very important
14:01part of the mission of Chinna Palam.
14:14Because of the heavy rain, it was a small catch. Still, Rani and her team had back satisfied.
14:23Like Rani, many fisherwomen keep navigating towards their goals, holding on to the dream that their labour will eventually earn
14:31the respect it deserves.
14:56The women of Chinna Palam are pioneers in the fishing industry.
15:01Their future is uncertain, but their fight for independence and self-reliance will live on.
15:10The women of Chinna Palam
15:11The women of Chinna Palam
15:25The women of Chinna Palam
15:29You
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