Deminer Tetiana Shpak crouched down in a once tranquil poppy-strewn field in southern Ukraine, now littered with Russian mines.
More women like her are joining mine-clearance teams, where they now account for 30 percent of personnel, according to official data. A similar trend has unfolded in other professions once dominated by men that have been drained of labour by mobilisation and emigration.
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Source: Yahoo News
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