EXCUSE me, ma’am. Can I take a picture of you?” “Sure. Go ahead,” said Naina, an elderly-looking woman while looking at another woman and a young girl doing the same activity.

Can you imagine, a woman with a shovel, digging limestone on a 45-degree steep hill? That is what women do in Serui Laut, Yapen Waropen district, Papua. At the location of brick production at the lime quarry at Serui Laut complex, about 2 kilometers from Serui city