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In this week’s newsletter: can the Melbourne declaration help women affected by injustice?; plus the artist chronicling the DRC’s blood-soaked history in embroidery I first spoke to Shazia Khanum for a report on informal jobs. The 16-year-old’s fingers moved swiftly as she talked, rolling bidis – tendu leaves tied around tobacco. She rolls about 300-500 of the cigarettes daily, earning about £1. In the cramped workshop in Karnataka’s Yarab Nagar, India, where she works, there are no toilets or s
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