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India's Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers

India's Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers

Jun 4, 2023-- "Early on a warm February morning, a group of ten women, ranging in age from 50 to 60, sit on the sandy shores of Akkal Madam beach on India's Pamban Island, carefully bandaging their fingers. Wearing colorful blouses and saris, they wind thick strips of cloth over each digit and secure the ends with string. It takes them over 20 minutes.The bandages, they've found, are the best way to protect hands from sharp rocks on the seabed when they go underwater to dive for seaweed, which they sell to a local factory..." The following piece from NPR shares the story of India's courageous women seaweed divers. (1743 reads)


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