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Seen by the Sea, Unseen by The Market

Asha Bekidusa1 month ago1 month ago014 mins

Seaweed farming in Kibuyuni and Mkwiro in Kwale County Kenya.The Image is AI generated. Global demand for seaweed is booming, but women farmers on Kenya’s coast are being left out of the data and digital systems that determine access to markets, income and opportunity. Beneath the clear blue waters of the Indian Ocean near Mkwiro…

Jomvu Women: From Frying Fish to Fattening Crabs Along Kenya’s Vanishing Coast.

Asha Bekidusa4 months ago4 months ago012 mins

One of the group members looking for snails which and little fish used for feeding the crabs. Photo by Asha Bekidusa. In the humid, salt-slicked air of Jomvu Creek, Mombasa County the narrative of women in fish processing and distribution is changing. Initially women here were known as mama karanga meaning women fish fryers. These…