Moe Pwint Oo shoots the grimy punchbag a steely glare before slamming her fist into it, striking a blow for equality as she practises Myanmar's homespun martial art of Lethwei — a sport that encourages head-butting and grants victory by knockout only.
Security concerns in the midst of the post-coup civil war have made it difficult for women in Myanmar’s central plains to travel outside of their villages for jobs, while those who do work face pay gaps between what they earn and the much higher wages men earn for similar work.
BY Frontier
