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"I went to the labor office to submit my maternity leave papers, "Two men there told me to wait outside while they handled it for me."

— Chibesa Kankasa

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"I waited for hours, sensing something was wrong. During my previous two pregnancies, my leave had been approved within minutes.

I was pregnant during those protests, and when I sat on the box with the bullets, they didn’t dare touch me— even the colonial police had a certain respect for pregnant women.

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