“I’ve faced fear and difficulties in the fish trade. It’s not easy for me as a woman,” she said. The consequences for women in Zambia who have been forced into non-consensual or ...

The author hiking just outside Yosemite National Park in July 2024, after cutting their hair short, holding their pink hat ... turned to face me, I said hello. “Is this the women’s room?” ...

Then two women ... me to go fishing," she told them. “The men in my village fear me now,” she adds with a laugh. Mahfuza’s parents supported her pursuit, as their daughter now brought fish ...

Now, Palekelo is a member of a watch group set up by the programme, to help protect other women like her from being exploited. “I’ve faced fear and difficulties in the fish trade. It’s not easy for me ...