It was challenging for Shanta to pursue training and establish her career.
Her in-laws didn’t believe she could be a working woman and take care of her 8-year-old daughter, Ankita. At the time, her husband had moved to South Africa for work, and her son, Mughdho, 13, lived in a hostel close to his school.
“I worked really hard to complete three years of midwifery training,” Shanta said.