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The wounds of war: Mine-clearing in Sri Lanka

November 23, 2024

After decades of civil war, over a million landmines remain in the ground in Sri Lanka. Women are on the frontline of the country's demining efforts and war widows and single mothers are taking on the perilous task, rebuilding their lives and their communities, one patch of land at a time.

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Fifteen years after Sri Lanka's brutal civil war, its northern lands remain littered with deadly landmines. They are a haunting reminder for the conflict’s survivors, who lost everything. Despite this, women like Chandradevi and Sasireka, war widows and single mothers, are taking on the perilous task of demining - rebuilding their lives and their communities, one patch of land at a time. A report by DW’s Akanksha Saxena.

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