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Seaweed Fishing in Zanzibar

February 10, 2018 | Lisa De Bode | World Policy Journal

Zanzibar has two main islands and around 50 surrounding islets and if you’re on one of the islands as the sun rises chances are that you will see the woman of Zanzibar knee deep in the water harvesting seaweed.

Seaweed is the third largest industry after tourism and cloves. 80% of the workforce are women and the money they make can help send their children to school and to build houses. Lisa De Bode travelled to Zanzibar, for the World Policy Journal, to meet the women and find out what the challenges will be moving forward and whether or not the women be able to meet them?

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About the Author

Lisa De Bode

Lisa De Bode is a freelance journalist who has written for The Atlantic, The Nation, and Undark. A 2019 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she… Read More.

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