Recent media reports of support for Karpowerships and oil and gas developments highlight the division of opinion about these projects. It is those at ground level – in this case small-scale fishers and coastal communities – that will be most affected, say fisherwomen countrywide. Already worrying about gender-based violence issues plaguing them, amongst other things, they say it is unfair that they are now been forced to fight to protect their livelihoods too.
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