Sri Lanka: Female De-Miners Clear Path to Postwar Recovery

Dec 9, 2024 | Akanksha Saxena
DW
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At dawn, 48-year-old Sivakumar Chandradevi loads equipment and supplies onto a boat that sets off for Mantivu, a deserted island off the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka.

The island, littered with land mines from the country's 26-year civil war, is her team's daily battleground. Chandradevi leads a demining crew working to make the land safe once more.

For these women, demining is a means to support their families.