Women patrol Tanzania’s Pemba waters in a community-led push to protect the sea
- Posted on June 27, 2026
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Women patrol Tanzania’s Pemba waters in a community-led push to protect the sea
By David Akana PEMBA, Tanzania — Patrolling the sea is not the kind of work many women on Tanzania’s Pemba Island are traditionally expected to do. Yet, for Amina Gharib Issa, it has become part of her life recently. At 55 years old, Issa has spent years around the sea, including as a fisher. But when fish stocks began dwindling and communities in ...