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@cturlington : This is my 6th visit to India but my first with @everymomcounts and also the first time in Assam. Assam is known for its tea plantations, where the majority of workers are Indigenous Adivasi who were forcibly brought to the northeast province from central India in the 1900s under British colonial rule. Today, approximately one million Assam tea plantation workers make less than minimum wage (176 INR or $2.50 USD per day) and suffer from poor working and living conditions. Pregnant women in Assam face many of the same barriers to health and care that many other poor, marginalized pregnant women in India amd around the world experience, including a lack of access to adequate housing, health care, nutrition, sanitation, and safe water. In Assam, these barriers are compounded by difficulties getting access to the services they have rights to (including iron supplements and prenatal care) due to poor budget allocation and lack of government oversight over clinics in Assam providing maternal health services. @nazdeek1 is working to address all of this by providing training to paralegals who come from these communities to improve the quality of life and health outcomes within this underserved and appreciated population. Despite all of the above, we were welcomed graciously and shown many beautiful cultural aspects during our stay here. The tea industry is a global one but most are unaware of the working conditions of the people who pick the leaves. Each woman in this picture picks 24-30 kgs per day. That’s roughly 50 lbs. even when pregnant or with a baby on their chest. #nowyouknow