Women tend to a rice plantation outside Nay Pyi Taw on May 1, 2018. (AFP)

Working for peanuts: The precarious lives of women in central Myanmar

Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower pay than men.

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