National Fisheries Solidarity Movement

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Organization name

National Fisheries Solidarity Movement

Organization link

https://www.nafso-online.org/

Organization type

Network

Country

Sri Lanka

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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Compendium source

The participating organisation of the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice

Signatory of the Peoples’ Summit: Climate Rights and Human Survival


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