This Law establishes guidelines and objectives for actions aimed at combating sexism, promoting the valorization of professional fisherwomen and encouraging female entrepreneurship within the scope of fishing activities in the State of Amazonas. The objectives of the Law are: promote and strengthen female entrepreneurship in fisheries sector; stimulate the creation of jobs and the production of income through the development of projects created by fisherwomen; encourage the development of skills related to entrepreneurial activities in fishing; supporting practices that promote entrepreneurship, efficient business management and planning, fostering the transformation of fisherwomen into entrepreneurial leaders; facilitating priority access for women fishermen to SEBRAE/OCD in entrepreneurial activities courses; encouraging the creation of income generating activities for women in situations of domestic violence through the development of entrepreneurial projects; stimulate cooperative and associative training in the fishing industry; integrating fisherwomen into the civil society organisations and traditional community; prioritize fisherwomen access to credit.
Brazil · 2023-09-18