National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
Organization name
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement
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Network
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Current focus/area
Human rights Fisheries Food sovereignty Fisheries Policy Sustainable development Solidarity Community empowerment Advocacy Youth empowerment
Description/notes
NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practices in coastal areas.
They are engaged in the education of the wider civil society and pressurize the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to implement the Lesson Learnt and Reconciliation Commission's recommendations, which are meant as a facilitating instrument to establish a democratic society in Sri Lanka.
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The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice
Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival
7° 52' 23.16" N, 80° 46' 18.48" E
Fisheries Food sovereignty Fisheries Policy Sustainable development Solidarity Community empowerment Advocacy
Youth empowerment +Longitude: 80.7718 +
