Tale of Buguru Chitamma: How a cooperative transformed fisher women into leaders

Ranjana DasGender, Her Series, Women's Economic Empowerment

How can cooperatives help women to lead and take control of their livelihoods? In the first of our new ‘Her Series’ pieces, Savvy Soumya & Ranjana Das from Oxfam India takes us through an initiative in Odisha where women are working together in fishing communities.  With a striking red bindi, about the size of a coin, and a radiant smile …