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A typical workday for Jignaben Vaghela, 45, who lives in Umiya Hall basti, starts before dawn. She collects water for her family, then cooks and packs lunches, all before 8:00 AM when she walks to the labour naka (square/intersection). ‘Women have to do everything, and the hardest thing is to return from work and sit at the chulha [firewood stove] to cook,‘ she said.
AHMEDABAD/GANDHINAGAR, Gujarat: A typical workday for Jignaben Vaghela,* 45, who lives in Umiya Hall basti, starts before dawn. She collects water for her family, then cooks and packs lunches, all before 8:00 am when she walks to the labour naka (square/intersection). “Women have to do everything, and the hardest thing is to return from work and sit at the chulha to cook,” she said.
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