Shanti Adivasi (in yellow saree), 52, interviews a group of tribal women, as they take a break from their work carrying gathered firewood from the jungles to be sold in the towns, in Manikpur, Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India on 6th December 2012. Shanti used to be a wood gatherer, working with her parents since she was 3, and later carrying up to 100 kg of wood walking 12km from the dry jungle hills to her home to repack the wood which sold for 3 rupees per kg. After learning to read and write in an 8 month welfare course, at age 32, she became a reporter, joining Khabar Lahariya newspaper since its establishment in 2002, and making about 9000 rupees per month, supporting her family of 14 as the sole breadwinner. Photo by Suzanne Lee for Marie Claire France.
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