“I don’t want to over-generalize. But women tend to “do it all.” The women
who have broken through to get to this level have powerful, persuasive personalities. They know how to listen, but they’re also decisive. They’re big assets to the process.”
Field Notes: Casting About in an Overfished River
Assam, India: At sunset a fisherman casts his net on a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, where commercial overfishing has made it more difficult to operate.
