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Karen Dias is an independent photo and video journalist from Mumbai, India, whose work focuses on issues concerning women and the environment. She has been published in the Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Medium, National Geographic Traveler India and the Guardian, among others. She was an IWMF grantee in 2016. You can follow her work at www.karendiasphotography.com and on Instagram @diastopia.
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The Indian state of Haryana is known for its tradition of wrestling, but for a long time girls were forbidden to compete. Now a new generation of female wrestlers are standing up to society’s prejudices to show they can hold their own in the sport.
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