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Women stone crushers of Nandi defying cultural stereotypes

Achieving Woman
 Ruth Soy, 65, (left) and Irene Koech crushing stone to make gravels along Kopere-Timboroa highway (Photo Edward Kosut)

Edward Kosut visits a quarry near Sarwat Village, Nandi County where a group of women have defied cultural stereotypes by establishing a business that helps them put food on the table and see their children through school

Armed with sledgehammers, they navigate the terrain into an open quarry a few kilometers from their home in Sarwat village, Nandi County.

Undeterred by the sweltering heat, the group of 12 women each gather a heap of gravel and, like a synchronised orchestra, they pound the rocks bit by bit.

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