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Not satisfied with cleaning fish or cooking for fishermen like other women working around Lake Victoria, two female friends saved up their money, flipped traditional gender roles and now run their own successful fishing business.
Just when the Kenyan women of Lake Victoria were able to shake off the threat of sexual assault and join the fishing trade, a conflict with Ugandan authorities has stripped them of their hard-earned savings.
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