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  • Widow Mamata Mandol, 26, speaks of her husband's recent death as she sits with other widows near her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Sumitra Mandol (center), 45, speaks of her husband's death as she sits outside her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while hunting illegally in the sanctuary across the river, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, sits for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, stands for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, stands for a portrait with two of her 3 young children at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Widow Mamata Mandol (center), 26, walks with her mother and 3 young children to her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. While her husband was killed while fishing, tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they enter the mangrove forests on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A woman dries her yield outside the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, walks out of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on at dawn by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, stands for a portrait at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, stands for a portrait at her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A villager prays to the goddess Durga, who is always depicted riding a tiger, in the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to Durga and this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A woman walks along the elevated path bordering the coastline and the village in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary (as seen on the horizon) to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A fisherman walks along the coastline on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary across the river to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A fisherman walks along the coastline on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary across the river to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers walk along a path bordering the coastline and the water-logged farmlands in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers walk along a path bordering the coastline and the water-logged farmlands in Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Honey-gatherers wear their masks as they prepare to board a boat on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, walks out of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on at dawn by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, speaks of the attack as she sits in front of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Tiger attack survivor Tarubala Mandol, 30, speaks of the attack as she sits in front of her home on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. 1.5 years ago, she was pounced on by a waiting tiger outside her home. She survived as the tiger was chased away and tranquilized when it hid in the forest goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple nearby. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • An idol of the goddess Durga, who is always depicted riding a tiger, in the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A woman dries her yield outside the Bono Debi/Bono Bibi temple on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • After Cyclone Aila struck the Sundarbans in 2009, locals still struggle with logged salt water that renders fertile farming land almost unusable on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Due to this loss of livelihood, many have had to turn to fishing or wild honey gathering in the forest reserve, exposing themselves to becoming prey for the sanctuary's booming tiger population. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • The tribal goddess Bono Debi/Bono Bibi on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. A tiger hid in this temple after attacking a woman. Villagers pray to this endemic goddess, known as Bono Debi to Hindus and Bono Bibi to Muslims, to protect them from tigers. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • A fisherman walks along the coastline on Gosaba island, Sundarban, West Bengal, India, on 18th January, 2012. Tigers have been known to swim, sometimes underwater, from the sanctuary across the river to the village to hunt humans. A successful Royal Bengal tiger breeding program has increased their numbers but decreased the number of husbands. There are now an estimated 3,000 widows in the villages where their husbands, have been killed by tigers. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The National (online byline: Photo by Szu for The National)
    Suzanne20120118-Tiger-Widows-Sundarb...jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), uses the kitchen utensils that was given to her in the 'Home-in-a-Box' as she cooks lunch in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang's (40) temporary shelter where she has been living with farm animals since the earthquake damaged her house in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0684.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), uses the kitchen utensils that was given to her in the 'Home-in-a-Box' as she cooks lunch in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0669.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), holds up the winter blanket that was provided to her in the earthquake relief 'Home-in-a-Box' tin trunk by SOS Childrens Villages in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0639.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), returns to the damaged house where she used to live with her children to collect schooling items in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0587.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), returns to the damaged house where she used to live with her children to collect schooling items in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0578.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), returns to the damaged house where they used to live with her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) to collect items in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), weaves a bamboo basket in front of her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
    20150630-SOS-Kavre-0567.jpg
  • Kalpana Tamang (40), weaves a bamboo basket in front of her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), speaks with her younger daughter Binita (10) as they sit on their shared bed in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), poses for a portrait with her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Binita (10) and her brother Sonam Tamang (7) pose for a portrait in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Their mother, Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Binita Tamang (10) poses for a portrait in her school uniform in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Her mother, Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) ready for school as they finish off their homework in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) ready for school as she finishes her lunch in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) ready for school as they have lunch in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), uses the kitchen utensils that was given to her in the 'Home-in-a-Box' as she cooks lunch in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), uses the kitchen utensils that was given to her in the 'Home-in-a-Box' as she cooks lunch outside her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), folds the winter blanket that was provided to her in the earthquake relief 'Home-in-a-Box' tin trunk by SOS Childrens Villages in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), adjusts the tarpaulin sheet that was provided to her in the Home-in-a-Box which she now uses to cover the hole-riddled tin roof of her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) ready for school as they finish off their homework in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), poses for a portrait with her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Binita Tamang (10) poses for a portrait in her school uniform in her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Her mother, Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) ready for school as they have lunch in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Shamima (centre), 35, stands with her son Sajad, 19, and daughter Shokeena, 17,  in front of their temporary shelter built using the Shelter kit given to them by Save the Children, in Purnishadashah village, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 24th March 2015. Shamina is a widow who's house fell down during the floods. Save the Children supported the family with emergency shelter items like tarpaulin and other emergency relief kits for household, education, non-food items, and food baskets. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • Shamima, 35, squats in her temporary shelter built using the shelter kit given to her by Save the Children, in Purnishadashah village, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 24th March 2015. Shamina is a widow who's house fell down during the floods. Save the Children supported the family with emergency shelter items like tarpaulin and other emergency relief kits for household, education, non-food items, and food baskets. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, walks through fields as she goes from door to door to sell her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), cleans the 'Home-in-a-Box tin trunk in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Binita Tamang (10, left) plays with her school friend as Binita's partially-collapsed house is seen in the background in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Binita was nearly trapped on the 2nd floor of the building when the earthquake struck, only managing to get outside after the shaking stopped. Her mother, Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), adjusts the tarpaulin sheet that was provided to her in the Home-in-a-Box which she now uses to cover the hole-riddled tin roof of her temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), looks at the cracks in the partially collapsed house where she used to live with her 3 children in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), looks at the cracks in the partially collapsed house where she used to live with her 3 children in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • The words 'My house' are written in chalk on the entrance to the collapsed house where Kalpana Tamang used to live with her 3 children in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), gets her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) ready for school as they finish off their homework in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Kalpana Tamang (40), poses for a portrait with her younger daughter Binita (10) and son Sonam (7) in their temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Sonam Tamang (7) poses for a portrait in his temporary shelter in Kavre, Bagmati, Nepal on 30 June 2015.  His mother, Kalpana, a widow with 3 children, has been supported by SOS Children's Villages for many years now and had receive the Home-in-a-Box after the earthquake destroyed her house, almost killing her two daughters. She now lives in a temporary shelter, sharing her dwelling with farm animals, and is trying to make ends meet by weaving bamboo baskets to supplement the financial assistance provided by SOS Childrens Villages. The NGO mostly supports her children's welfare and schooling as well as provides her with essential household and schooling items like kitchen utensils and school books and uniforms. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SOS Children's Villages
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  • Manisha, an ex-surrogate, has continued to work with Dr. Patel's Akanksha clinic as a nanny for new-born test tube babies, like these twins in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Apara Nursing Home, where babies from the Akanksha clnic are often sent for neonatal and other post-birth intensive care, in Anand, Gujarat, India on 10th December 2012. Manisha, a widow and mother of 3 of her own children, has taken care of over 100 babies for Dr Patel's surrogacy clients, making up to 15000 rupees per month. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (standing in center), poses for a portrait in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • Manisha, an ex-surrogate, has continued to work with Dr. Patel's Akanksha clinic as a nanny for new-born test tube babies, like these twins in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Apara Nursing Home, where babies from the Akanksha clnic are often sent for neonatal and other post-birth intensive care, in Anand, Gujarat, India on 10th December 2012. Manisha, a widow and mother of 3 of her own children, has taken care of over 100 babies for Dr Patel's surrogacy clients, making up to 15000 rupees per month. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • Manisha (right), an ex-surrogate, has continued to work with Dr. Patel's Akanksha clinic as a nanny for new-born test tube babies, like these twins in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Apara Nursing Home, where babies from the Akanksha clnic are often sent for neonatal and other post-birth intensive care, in Anand, Gujarat, India on 10th December 2012. Manisha, a widow and mother of 3 of her own children, has taken care of over 100 babies for Dr Patel's surrogacy clients, making up to 15000 rupees per month. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, walks through paddy fields to go from door to door in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (standing in center), poses for a portrait in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • Manisha (center) and Nita (right), both ex-surrogates, have continued to work with Dr. Patel's Akanksha clinic as a nannies for new-born test tube babies, like these twins in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Apara Nursing Home, where babies from the Akanksha clnic are often sent for neonatal and other post-birth intensive care, in Anand, Gujarat, India on 10th December 2012. Manisha, a widow and mother of 3 of her own children, has taken care of over 100 babies for Dr Patel's surrogacy clients, making up to 15000 rupees per month. Photo by Suzanne Lee / Marie-Claire France
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, adjusts her sari while working as a saleswoman in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (sitting in center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, prepares to go to work in her one room home in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40 (center), sells her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. 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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  • (Alison Griffin to fill in names) (mother's name), (girl's name) and her siblings talk to Save the Children team members about their losses and the devastation for the floods in Abikarpora village on the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 25th March 2015. Since the flood, she has been widowed, and is left with four young children and no home. Her family now lives in a temporary shelter built using the emergency shelter kit, and continues their recovery with the help of relief kits such as education kit, food basket, hygiene kit and non-food items from Save the Children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait with their family in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Suki (not her real name), sits for a portrait next to the hand loom in her house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 20, Suki was married off at age 12, but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Suki (not her real name), sits for a portrait next to the hand loom in her house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 20, Suki was married off at age 12, but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Suki (not her real name), churns milk as her young son plays with a goat in her house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 20, Suki was married off at age 12, but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • (Alison Griffin to fill in names) (girl's name) and her siblings talk to Save the Children team members about their losses and the devastation for the floods in Abikarpora village on the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 25th March 2015. Since the flood, she has been widowed, and is left with four young children and no home. Her family now lives in a temporary shelter built using the emergency shelter kit, and continues their recovery with the help of relief kits such as education kit, food basket, hygiene kit and non-food items from Save the Children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
    20150325-SCUK-KashmirFloods-0572.jpg
  • (Alison Griffin to fill in names) (girl's name) and her siblings talk to Save the Children team members about their losses and the devastation for the floods in Abikarpora village on the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on 25th March 2015. Since the flood, she has been widowed, and is left with four young children and no home. Her family now lives in a temporary shelter built using the emergency shelter kit, and continues their recovery with the help of relief kits such as education kit, food basket, hygiene kit and non-food items from Save the Children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • (Alison Griffin to fill in names) (Name)'s three storied house was severely damaged during the floods in September in Abikarpora village on the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, as seen here on 25th March 2015. Since the flood, she has been widowed, and is left with four young children and no home. Her family now lives in a temporary shelter built using the emergency shelter kit, and continues their recovery with the help of relief kits such as education kit, food basket, hygiene kit and non-food items from Save the Children. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Save the Children
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait in their house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
    suzanne20121004-plan-bikaner-0560.JPG
  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait in their house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait in their house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait in their house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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  • Nitu and Suki (in pink) (not their real names), stand for a portrait in their house in Jhaju village, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India on 4th October 2012. Now 18, Nitu was married off at age 10 to a boy of around the same age, but only went to live with her in-laws when she was 12, after she had finished studying up to class 6. The three sisters, aged 10, 12, and 15 were married off on the same day by their maternal grandfather while their father was hospitalized. She was abused by her young husband and in-laws so her father took her back after hearing that her husband, who works in a brick kiln, was an alcoholic and was doing drugs and crime. She had only spent a few days at her husband's house at that time. Her father (now out of the hospital) has said that she will only be allowed to return to her husband's house if he changes his ways but so far, the negotiations are still underway. Her sister, Suki, now age 20, was married off at age 12 but only went to live with her husband when she was 14. Her husband died three years after she moved in, leaving her with a daughter, now 6, and a son, now 4. She has no parents-in-laws and thus returned to her parents house after being widowed because her brother-in-law, who had become the head of the family after his brother's death, had refused to allow Suki to inherit her deceased husband's fair share of agriculture land. Although Suki's father wants her to remarry, she refuses to, hoping instead to be able to support her family through embroidery and tailoring work. The family also makes hand-loom cotton to subsidize their collective household income. Photo by Suzanne Lee for PLAN UK
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