Astha Maya Laawat is a 58-year-old farmer from Jhor, Tokha in Kathmandu. At the age of nine, she lost her father and her family faced a financial crisis which eventually left her without formal education.
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Since her childhood, she has been helping her family do household work and farming. Astha Maya got married when she was 18 and she is the eldest daughter-in-law. So, she needs to take care of the entire household and also work in the farm. Though she is uneducated she says, “I am a proud farmer. I know how to farm and earning a living from this occupation.”
