Women protesters make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw on March 8, 2021. - AFP
YANGON (AFP): For the past month, garment worker Khine Mar Nwe has demonstrated alongside her female co-workers at violent protests in Myanmar, risking her life to demand a return to democracy.
The 26-year-old mother used to spend her days hunched over a sewing machine in the commercial city of Yangon, making clothes for western fashion brands. But that all changed when the putsch on Feb 1 ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and triggered mass protests against the new military junta.
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