'You're a woman, why do you have to go to work?'
'How many times have I told you that you can't go to work!'
'We're not so poor that the women of the house have to go work.'
These filmy dialogues sound all too familiar, right?
As a working woman, do you constantly feel like you’re on an obstacle course – working around the hurdles that stand between you and your job? Be it conservative in-laws, a toxic work culture, or a full-fledged pandemic, it appears that working women in India just can’t catch a break!
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But, despite patriarchy trying its best to keep women out of the workforce, working women are rising the ladders of success, kicking aside one obstacle after the other.
We introduce you to three women who have made a mark in their respective fields of work – 'General' Narsamma, a community radio manager in Telangana; Anubha Maneshwar, a coder from Pune who helps underprivileged girls access tech education; and Simi Basheer, a retired major in the Indian Army who has worked in conflict zones, and is engaged in humanitarian services for Médecins Sans Frontières.
Stay tuned to watch how they're smashing the patriarchy!
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