Now this stereotype is about to get updated, as women are entering what has traditionally been a male occupation. But now she is much happier, having joined Kerala’s first all-women collective of coconut tree climbers. The Sreekrishnapuram Block Panchayat floated the collective to plug the gap after the traditional coconut tree climbers, all men, moved to other, higher-paying jobs. The services of the women climbers are only a phone call away and available on all days. “Initially we requested the traditional male climbers to get trained in the mechanised mode of plucking.

Source: The Hindu February 28, 2018 18:22 UTC