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  • Dhundi Raj Tiwari, 20, a Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) member poses for a portrait at the information center they built in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Dhundi with the VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) members (L-R) Dhundi Raj Tiwari (20), Mahanan Acharya (40), and Durga Prasad Bhatarai (46), speak of their work and the issues of child marriage  in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. The VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) members (L-R) Durga Prasad Bhatarai (46), and Harsha Bahadur Pun (63) speak of their work and the issues of child marriage  in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. The VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) members (L-R) Dhundi Raj Tiwari (20), Mahanan Acharya (40), Durga Prasad Bhatarai (46), and Harsha Bahadur Pun (63) speak of their work and the issues of child marriage  in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. The VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) members (L-R) Mahanan Acharya (40), Durga Prasad Bhatarai (46), and Harsha Bahadur Pun (63) speak of their work and the issues of child marriage  in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. The VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Dhundi Raj Tiwari, 20, a Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) member poses for a portrait at the information center they built in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Dhundi with the VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) members (L-R) Dhundi Raj Tiwari (20), Mahanan Acharya (40), Durga Prasad Bhatarai (46), and Harsha Bahadur Pun (63) speak of their work and the issues of child marriage  in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. The VCPC works to intervene in child marriages such as the case of Pramila and is supported by Save the Children and local NGO Safer Societies. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands at the door of the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Pramila's maternal uncle regularly abuses her so earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, carries her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, stands next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar (left), 18, cradles her 2 year old son, as her husband's niece Pramila Bhujel, 13, sits next to her at the information center near their home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. He also mistreats Pramila and earlier this year, a fellow villager secretly married Pramila off to a man in his mid-20s but the marriage was annulled the day after when her uncle, Manisha's husband found out and wrestled her back. Now, Pramila is still mistreated by her uncle and is considered a divorcee since she spent one night with the man she was married to, but she is back in school and has ambitions to become a nurse. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Manisha Sunar, 18, carries her 2 year old son, as she poses for a portrait at the information center near her home in Lekhapharsa vilage, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. Manisha was married off when she was 14 but secretly used contraceptives with the help of her husband's sister. When he found out, he forced her to stop and she was soon pregnant with no money to terminate it. She's now 8 months pregnant again even though her husband neglects and abuses her and her son. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on the rooftop with her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait on the rooftop with her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of her home, while dressed in a sari, to do some maintenance work on her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, climbs to the rooftop of her home, while dressed in a sari, to do some maintenance work on her solar panels. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, poses for a portrait in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, makes tea in her kitchen. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A boy carries a solar lantern to the kitchen as Santosh Devi (unseen), aged 19, works in her workshop. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi, aged 19, fixes some solar lanterns in her workshop at home. She graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Santosh Devi's family work on their 1 hectare of agriculture land next to the house. Santosh graduated 2 years ago from the solar engineering course of the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. She has since solar powered 20 homes in her village, Balaji Ki Dhani, Bauli, Nagur District, Rajasthan, making it the first village in India to be 100% solar powered in all houses. Above this, she does all maintenance for the neighbouring village, Gudda Ki Dhani, where the previous male solar engineer had left the village to find unrelated work in the city. Barefoot College prefers training women to be solar engineers for this reason that they have higher chances of staying in the village instead of moving to the cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), cycles through the village in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), cycles through the village in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Kusum Devi (center, in red), 10, sits amongst other snake charmer's children in Naraina gaon, Titana village, Samalkha town, Haryana, India on 15th June 2012.  Kusum walks to and from her school daily, one kilometer away from her village. When she is not schooling, she takes care of her family and their livestock. India's snake charmer communities suffer from a loss of livelihood because of stringent wildlife laws and are forced to resort to begging or working as daily wage labourers. A new program to encourage the snake charmer's children to attend school is underway, to keep them from becoming daily-wage child labourers or joining their parents in scavenging and begging in cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National
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  • Kusum Devi (center, in red), 10, sits amongst other snake charmer's children in Naraina gaon, Titana village, Samalkha town, Haryana, India on 15th June 2012. Kusum walks to and from her school daily, one kilometer away from her village. When she is not schooling, she takes care of her family and their livestock. India's snake charmer communities suffer from a loss of livelihood because of stringent wildlife laws and are forced to resort to begging or working as daily wage labourers. A new program to encourage the snake charmer's children to attend school is underway, to keep them from becoming daily-wage child labourers or joining their parents in scavenging and begging in cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National
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  • Kusum Devi, 10, sits amongst other snake charmer's children in Naraina gaon, Titana village, Samalkha town, Haryana, India on 15th June 2012. Kusum walks to and from her school daily, one kilometer away from her village. When she is not schooling, she takes care of her family and their livestock. India's snake charmer communities suffer from a loss of livelihood because of stringent wildlife laws and are forced to resort to begging or working as daily wage labourers. A new program to encourage the snake charmer's children to attend school is underway, to keep them from becoming daily-wage child labourers or joining their parents in scavenging and begging in cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National
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  • Kusum Devi (center, in red), 10, sits amongst other snake charmer's children in Naraina gaon, Titana village, Samalkha town, Haryana, India on 15th June 2012.  Kusum walks to and from her school daily, one kilometer away from her village. When she is not schooling, she takes care of her family and their livestock. India's snake charmer communities suffer from a loss of livelihood because of stringent wildlife laws and are forced to resort to begging or working as daily wage labourers. A new program to encourage the snake charmer's children to attend school is underway, to keep them from becoming daily-wage child labourers or joining their parents in scavenging and begging in cities. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), barter trades her products with rice in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Village men rummage through the rubble of their destroyed properties in Abikarpora village on the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 25th March 2015. Nearly 2500 villagers including Srinagar, the capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, was devastated by severe floods and landslides in September 2014 the worst in 60 years, displacing millions of people, many of them children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • A water buffalo eats grass in the rubbled compound of an ancient palace next to the village water tank in Gorikathapalli, a remote village in Warangal, Telangana, India, on 22nd March 2015. Safe Water Network works with local communities that live beyond the water pipeline to establish sustainable and reliable water treatment stations within their villages to provide potable and safe water to the communities at a nominal cost. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Panos Pictures for Safe Water Network
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life: a young girl fishes for small fish and crabs in Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views of agriculture and village life in Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (3rd from right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • A village woman walks down a muddy road flanked by dead trees in Purnishadashah village, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 24th March 2015. Nearly 2500 villagers including Srinagar, the capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, was devastated by severe floods and landslides in September 2014 the worst in 60 years, displacing millions of people, many of them children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life in Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life: a young girl fishes for small fish and crabs in Gangate Village,  Sathakhani Bidishi, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life, Two village women carry firewood as they cross the river in Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life, Two village women carry firewood as they cross the river in Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 30th June 2012. In Surkhet, StC partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), keeps a record of her list of credit sales as she sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (3rd from right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1457.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1431.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1336.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1331.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1293.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), arrives to sell her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1271.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1230.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1125.JPG
  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
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  • Indian student Riju Kawanr, aged 35, from Chandulaw village in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 4 months and will be leave after completing 6 months to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • Indian student Meera Bhai, aged 38, from Junak Khera village in Madhya Pradesh, has been studying solar engineering in the Barefoot College in Tilonia village, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India for the last 6 months and will be leaving soon to start her practice in her village of origin. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Panos London
    Suzanne20110401-Solar-Power-Rajastha...JPG
  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
    suzanne20120701-stc-fp-nepal-0570.JPG
  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
    suzanne20120701-stc-fp-nepal-0144.JPG
  • General views and village life around the remote village of Dungi Khola, near Chhinchu, Surkhet district, Western Nepal, on 1st July 2012. In Surkhet, Save the Children partners with Safer Society, a local NGO which advocates for child rights and against child marriage.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save The Children UK
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