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  • February 2018<br />
Women's empowerment, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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  • Nadeeka peeks around her tuk tuk at one of her clients while working near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Nadeeka is a tuk tuk driver in an industry dominated by men. <br />
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Nadeeka worked through her ninth month of pregnancy and returned to work when her child was two months old. She owns her tuk tuk, which she purchased, used, with a loan. Most of her work involves driving children to and from school, and driving women to and from markets. She has a loyal clientele that keeps her busy during daylight hours, without having to hustle for business or compete with other drivers.<br />
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Nadeeka lives in a small, one-bedroom home with her husband, child, younger sister and mother. Nadeeka's sister works in a garment factory and works a late shift so that she can care for the baby while her sister drives a tuk tuk. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • K.G. Nimali waits with her daughter-in-law for a bus after dropping off their work at the Self-Employed Women’s Development Association (SEWA) in Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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Nimali and her daughter-in-law, former garment factory employees, sew cloth bags at home, on their own schedule, with materials supplied by SEWA, and are paid  per bag.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, and her Kandy Adventures crew carry a raft to the Mahaweli River near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dilhani is the only female whitewater rafting guide in the region.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Madushika Chandramali sews bags for Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA) as her three-year-old son watches tv in her home near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Chandramali uses the room as a living room, bedroom, child's room, as well as her sewing room.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Sudarshanti Manike sews bags for Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), as her 7-year-old son peers out the window of their home near Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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Manike, a former garment factory worker, is happy because she can earn money for her children's education while being free to set her own hours and work at her own pace. Working for herself allows her the freedom to be with her children while she is sewing, tend her garden periodically and move about freely as she desires. She has been sewing bags for SEWA for three months, and as per the program dictates, she is paid per completed bag. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Sudarshanti Manike's 17-year-old daughter and her mother, Prenawathi, look on as she sews bags for the Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), in her home near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Manike, an independent seamstress, is a former garment factory worker who is happy because she can earn money for her children's education while being free to set her own hours and her own pace. She has been sewing bags for SEWA for three months, and as per the program dictates, she is paid per completed bag.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasantha Menike smiles while working at the Hela Bojun Hala cafe in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as a housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Tuk tuk driver, Nadeeka, breast feeds her two-month old child as she takes a break between driving customers in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Nadeeka poses with her young son in her home before leaving for work near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Nadeeka is a tuk tuk driver in an industry dominated by men. <br />
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Nadeeka lives in a small, one-bedroom home with her husband, child, younger sister and mother. Nadeeka's sister works in a garment factory and works a late shift so that she can care for the baby while her sister drives a tuk tuk. <br />
<br />
Nadeeka worked through her ninth month of pregnancy and returned to work when her child was two months old. She owns her tuk tuk, which she purchased, used, with a loan. Most of her work involves driving children to and from school, and driving women to and from markets. She has a loyal clientele that keeps her busy during daylight hours, without having to hustle for business or compete with other drivers.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, 28, points to something of interest while leading a Kandy Adventures trip along the Mahaweli River in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is quite unusual for women to be rafting guides in this island nation. <br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Young women move along a road that runs through a tea plantation in a rural area adjacent to Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasantha Menike prepares tea for her family in their rural home following her shift at the Hela Bojun Hala in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Wasanthe Menike standing, second from right, jokes with her Hela Bojun Hala coworkers in the Kundasale suburb of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Wasantha worked in Saudi Arabia for 10 years as a housemaid, providing the sole income for her family. She continues to be the family's sole provider, currently working at the café from 6:30 in the morning until approximately 1:00pm each week day. She has two children, ages 18 and 20. <br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. (MRS.) K.P.G.K. BKanthi Badralatha, the Central Provincial Director at Department of Animal Production and Health, takes a phone call in her Kandy, Sri Lanka, office. Under her leadership, her region has the highest rate of milk, meat and egg production in the country.<br />
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Badralatha was born and raised in a village that had no power or modern facilities. She is the fourth child in a family with five girls and four boys, and her mother and father were farmers. Early on, she realized education would lead her to opportunity. She studied hard, got good grades and attended a university, receiving a Master’s Degree in Animal Science. <br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Kandy Adventures whitewater rafting guide, Dilhani Senarathna, 28, leaps into the Mahaweli River near Kandy, Sri Lanka. Dilhani is the only female whitewater rafting guide in the region.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nuns, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo (r) and her mother, Thalathuwe Upeka Maniyo, prepare the evening's offerings at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo offers blessings to Umedha Senaratne as the sun sets at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Thalathuwe Upeka Maniyo, offers prayers and thanks at the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. Manohari moves between her four-legged patients at the Government Veterinary Hospital clinic in the Peradeniya region of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Dr. Manohari examines one of her four-legged patients at the Government Veterinary Hospital clinic in the Peradeniya region of Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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Manohari, a Hindu, married in 1991. She started her veterinary practice in 1992 while she was pregnant. She started working at this hospital in 1993.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Thalathuwe Upeka maniyo teaches children to meditate at the Molagoda Gothami Aramay monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Buddhist nun, Molagoda Gathami Maniyo, walks to a place of worship on the grounds of the Molagoda Gothami Aramaya monastery near Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Kandy Adventures whitewater rafting headquarters near the Mahaweli River in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<br />
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From my project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
  • Madushika Chandramali, an entrepreneur with Self Employment Education & Welfare Association (SEWA), poses with her three-year-old son outside of her two room house near Kandy, Sri Lanka. <br />
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A former garment factory worker, Chandramali hopes to save money from her work with SEWA to add on to her home. She has been working with SEWA for three months.<br />
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SEWA is a non-governmental organization working for community development by creating opportunities for self employment.<br />
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From my personal project, "Woman" discovering women's empowerment in Sri Lanka created in and around Kandy, Sri Lanka.
    Women's Empowerment, Sri Lanka.jpg
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