Sarika Pawar (second from right) waiting with other workers for the company bus at the All Time Plastics factory in Silvassa. Indian women could benefit as multinational brands shift factory production to India. — ©2024 The New York Times Company
BEFORE her husband died, leaving her to raise their two-year-old daughter alone, Sarika Pawar had never imagined working a regular job.
Like her own mother and most of the women she knew in rural India, she spent her days confined to her village. Her hours were consumed with looking after her toddler, boiling water to drink and fashioning an evening meal.
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