Photos: Women of War

Women of War: The Female Soldier
Giulio Di Sturco / VII Mentor

Pokhara, Nepal
A female Maoist soldier sits in one of the group's camps. Maoist fighters have lived in U.N.-monitored camps since a 2006 peace deal ended a decade of civil war.

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