A mother and widow sitting in her home. After the death of her husband, her brothers-in-law helped her gain the rights to keep the 8 acres of rice fields her husband left and continues to cultivate th 

A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, sitting in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A wife and mother and co-owner with her husband of 40 acres of rice fields, standing in the living room of her home with one of her 8 children. 

A rice farming couple sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

A rice farming couple and their youngest daughter sitting in the living room of their home. Success from rice farming has enabled them to add onto their home and make repairs. 

The "Open Your Mind" widows' support group, started in 2006, gathering for a meeting. 

A mother and child holding hands. 

Left, two female rice farmers and right, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers, enjoying a break from work in the private rice mill in Ahero. 

A farmer woman drying rice in the sun outside her house in Ahero. 

A young girl preparing a meal for herself and her brother during the lunchbreak from school. 

Left, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers and right, a woman farmer who has been selling and trading rice for 20 years, enjoying a break from work in the pr 

Left, a woman rice farmer and right, a young woman who sells tea and mandazis (a Kenyan pastry) to rice mill workers, enjoying a break from work in the private rice mill in Ahero. 

A woman farmer washing her hands in an irrigation canal in the rice fields before joining the others for a lunch break. 

Sacks of rice for sale in the private rice mill in Ahero, after having been processed. 

Women taking a break from transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings (in bucket) from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

A farmer transplanting rice seedlings from a nursery to a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later. 

Women farmers selling rice in a private rice mill in Ahero where it is brought after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A private rice mill in Ahero where farmers bring their rice after the harvest to be processed and sold. 

A farmer pushing a wheel barrow full of rice seedlings for transplantation into a prepared rice paddy where they will remain until harvest, some 120 to 130 days later.