Nalini Nayak

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Nalini Nayak

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[]

Nayak 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[]

• 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[]

Further reading[]

• 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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