LEFT BEHIND, WOMEN IN TAJIKISTAN

A portrait series on women, children and grandparents left behind in Tajikistan. Three quarters of Tajik men work as migrant workers in Russia and other neighboring countries leaving their families behind for months and often years. After my encounter with migrant workers in Russia, I went to Tajikistan to find out who and what they have left behind. (Featured in Global Post and The New York Times Lensblog)