Women continue to remain the real architects of a developed society even\ud
though many a times their services are unnoticed and under rewarded.The\ud
fisherwomen in Kerala assume significance due to their involvement in fish\ud
related activities leading to distribution, availability and value addition.The\ud
traditional fisherwomen play an pivotal role in the fisheries sector in terms\ud
of their involvement in fish related activities viz., fish vending, fish drying,\ud
prawn peeling, sorting, grading, fish packing, and net making. With the\ud
changing scenario and the increasing social welfare schemes from the\ud
government to revive this sector, the youth of this community has started participating in the\ud
socio economic activities of the society and therefore there is a need to reshape their own\ud
perception of how they view themselves.The main objective of this training is to screen out\ud
those barriers that stand in the way for their overall development.The training sessions will\ud
provide insight to gain new skills that will improve their functional efficiency and will help\ud
them to step up as women youth and take the lead to revive their community.\ud
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi (CMFRI) is a reputed ICAR organization\ud
which deals with various issues pertaining to fisheries and fisher folk.CMFRI has wide\ud
experience in conducting customized training programme to the different stakeholder over the\ud
years in niche areas of fisheries research and development. TheSocio -Economic Evaluation and\ud
technology transfer (SEETT) Division is essentially involved in research on socioeconomics and\ud
in developing initiatives, programmes for ensuring the livelihoods of the fishers and\ud
sustainability of the fisheries resources and environment