Fighting tooth and nail to single-handedly raise their children

Mariayee (centre) worked as a gardener and maid to raise her daughters Pakialetchumy (left) and Vicneswary after her husband left the family.

FORTY-eight-year-old Annie (not her real name) tolerated her husband’s mental abuse and infidelity for many years.

After 15 years of marriage, she finally moved out of her matrimonial home with her teenage children some two years ago and is now waiting for her divorce trial to begin.