Nalini Nayak is an activist, feminist and trade unionist based in Kerala, India.[1] She has been involved with coastal communities and their issues for over three decades,[2] associated with Protsahan Trivandrum, Mitraniketan Vagamon and the Self Employed Women's Association.
Work
editNayak is a founder member of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, where she has taken the initiative to collectively evolve a feminist perspective in fisheries. She is at present, the general secretary of the Self Employed Women's Association, Kerala, of which she was a joint founder.[1]
Writings and research
edit- The Coasts, the Fish Resources and the Fishworkers’ Movement by Nalini Nayak and A. J. Vijayan
- Getting Their Act Together : India: Co-management
- Women in the Ratnagiri Cooperative in Maharashtra, India in ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers)
- Professionalising Domestic Services: SEWA Kerala on Labourlife
References
editFurther reading
edit- Blog on Nalini Nayak - A Woman to respect
- NALINI NAYAK'S RESPONSE TO GAIL OMVEDT'S - Showing concerns about larger dams being built on Narmada.
- Nalini Nayak was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 1990
- Interview with Nalini Nayak
- Fishworkers Champion Nalini Nayak Believes One Never Stops Learning Excerpted from 'Memoirs From The Women's Movement In India: Making A Difference', Edited by Ritu Menon; Women Unlimited, 2011/386 pages/Softback;
- Fishes and Fisher communities in India - contains links to various documents and resources by Nalini Nayak
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