Profile: Proud and passionate
Despite several challenges, Lilia Briones Bermúdez, a community leader in Barra del Colorado, Costa Rica, remains steadfastly committed to the struggles of her community. Lilia Briones is a fisherwoman. She is also a community leader, in the forefront of the struggles of her community in Barra del Colorado, a small-scale artisanal fishing in Costa Rica’s Northern Caribbean coast. Her partner, Jesús Chavés, is a fisherman and the couple has three children.
Title of publication: Yemaya ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
Issue: 64
Page range: 6
Author: Vivienne Solis Rivera
Organization: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Year: 2021
Country/ies: Costa Rica
Type: Newsletter article
Full text available at: https://www.icsf.net/images/yemaya/pdf/english/issue_64/2427_art_Yemaya_64_PROFILE.pdf
Content language: English