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Maasai women become first only-female rangers in East Africa

The all-female rangers graduated at Segera Conservancy (Photo: Standard/Jacinta Mutura)

Traditionally, Maasai women don’t hold professional jobs in the wildlife sector.

But a group of women from the community in Laikipia County defied all odds to train as rangers.

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