Transnational Institute Southeast Asia

A day in a life of a woman opium poppy farmer in Myanmar

Here is a story of one of these women, from a village in Southern Shan State. Dear reader, In the past few years, we have had the honour to speak with more than forty women who grow opium in Myanmar, where approximately 190,000 households cultiva ...

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