Jobs for the Girls - Part Two

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Nov 29, 201626:49Society & Culture

Women from rural parts of India are bucking the trend and working in jobs traditionally done by men. In Rajasthan, Divya Arya drops in at the Barefoot College to meet ‘Solar Mamas’ learning solar engineering to take elec...

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