'In a country obsessed with sons, it takes courage to raise a daughter'

Sweta Pandey grew up in a remote village in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. She moved to Ireland in 2016 to study economics at Trinity College. She now interns at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in Dublin.

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