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Pakistan’s female agriculture workers suffering since 2022 floods

For Haleema Aslam, the floods brought distress and misery as the water washed away her mature crops and livestock [Saadullah Akhter/Al Jazeera]

Dadu, Sindh, Pakistan – On a cloudy spring afternoon at Dital Khan Chandio village in Pakistan’s Sindh province, a group of female agricultural workers are busy stitching traditional handicraft items outside their makeshift tents next to stagnant floodwaters.

The village in Dadu district, about 380km (235 miles) from Pakistan’s largest city Karachi, was one of the worst affected by last year’s catastrophic floods, caused by melting glaciers and record monsoons – both induced by climate change.

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