France: A resolute mussel farmer
Amélie Dennebouy has challenged gender stereotypes to become a successful mussel entrepreneur in Pénestin, France. “ We don’t employ women!” Just how many times Amélie Dennebouy, a mussel farm worker, heard that phrase since she began working in the sector at age 17, it would be impossible to say. “Ten years ago, I realised that it would be difficult to find employment in the production segment because I am a woman,” says Amélie. Stories flood her mind: managers laughing at her when she handed in an application for work as a production worker, pushing her to the sales department instead; the crude questioning of some: “Have you passed under the desk?”
Title of publication: Yemaya ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
N.0: 61
Intervalo de páginas: 5
Autor: Julie Lallouët-Geffroy
Organización: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Año: 2020
País(es): France
Tipo: Artículo de boletín informativo
Texto completo disponible en: https://www.icsf.net/images/yemaya/pdf/english/issue_61/2354_art_Yemaya_61_BOX_A%20resolute%20mussel%20farmer.pdf
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English