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Faustina, a street vendor in Accra, Ghana, has a steady stream of customers each day. She pays daily, monthly, and annual tolls to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly in order to carry out her work.  Women like Faustina constitute about 70 per cent of the union's membership, and vendors of vegetables, grains, legumes, fish, and other related items like utensils, charcoal, and provisions are well represented.  Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment 

Business interests have hijacked the UN food summit

Small farmers, social movements and human rights are being elbowed out, says Kirtana Chandrasekaran.

Latest issue: March-April 2021

Democracy on the edge

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Hazel Healy imagines an end to cheap meat.

Saving the Sundarbans

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Hadiya, in the red dress, appears at the Supreme Court in New Delhi to defend her marriage to her Muslim husband Shafin in one of India’s alleged ‘love jihad’ cases. Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty

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