Nalini Nayak

Nalini Nayak

Nalini Nayak is an activist, feminist and trade unionist based in Kerala, India. She has been involved with coastal communities and their issues for over three decades, associated with Protsahan Trivandrum, Mitraniketan Vagamon and the Self Employed Women's Association.

Work

Nayak is a founder member of the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers, where she has taken the initiative to collectively evolve a feminist perspective in fisheries. She is at present, the general secretary of the Self Employed Women's Association, Kerala, of which she was a joint founder.

Writings and research

• The Coasts, the Fish Resources and the Fishworkers’ Movement by Nalini Nayak and A. J. Vijayan
• Getting Their Act Together : India: Co-management
• Women in the Ratnagiri Cooperative in Maharashtra, India in ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fishworkers)
• Professionalising Domestic Services: SEWA Kerala on Labourlife

Further reading

• Blog on Nalini Nayak - A Woman to respect
• NALINI NAYAK'S RESPONSE TO GAIL OMVEDT'S - Showing concerns about larger dams being built on Narmada.
• Nalini Nayak was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 1990
• Interview with Nalini Nayak
• Fishworkers Champion Nalini Nayak Believes One Never Stops Learning Excerpted from 'Memoirs From The Women's Movement In India: Making A Difference', Edited by Ritu Menon; Women Unlimited, 2011/386 pages/Softback;
• Fishes and Fisher communities in India - contains links to various documents and resources by Nalini Nayak