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Can promises on gender equality made in Australia help a 16-year-old Indian cigarette maker with no toilet?

The Melbourne declaration aims to direct funding and power to those most overlooked and affected by injustice. But for many its promise is a distant one I first spoke to Shazia Khanum for a report I was writing on adolescent girls in informal jobs.

Can promises on gender equality made in Australia help a 16-year-old Indian cigarette maker with no toilet?

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