Iran-based photographer Ruhollah Mahmoudi shares some photos from a poor village in south Kerman, Iran.

Konarestan is a poor village in south Kerman, Iran, where extreme hardship has forced young men to migrate to big cities leaving the village without men to do the work. Women and girls instead must perform the hard work of herding, bringing water from a distance source, and providing for all needs.

See more photos on Ruhollah’s website.