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Tom Matoke, The Daily Nation (Kenya)

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Tom Matoke, The Daily Nation (Kenya)

This group of women from Tindiret sub-county in Kenya’s Nandi county crush stones (predominantly men’s work) to raise school fees for their children. (Tom Matoke/Nation Media Group)
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Kenyan women are crushing stones — and stereotypes

Crushing stones is seen as ‘men’s work’. But an all-women gravel-making group in Sarwat Village is turning both stones and stereotypes into ashes

  • Tom Matoke, The Daily Nation (Kenya)
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