Assignment Asia: Women rising up

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In Tajikistan, economic hardship drives millions of men abroad in search of jobs, leaving the women behind.

It has resulted in a cultural shift in this conservative, patriarchal society. More women are empowering themselves to work as plumbers or taxi drivers, jobs that used to be mainly taken by men.

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