World leaders promise gender equality funding while millions of informal workers remain

World leaders launched the Melbourne Declaration on gender equality in Australia last week, promising funding and resources for the most disadvantaged. Yet 16-year-old Shazia Khanum, who rolls 300-500 bidis daily in rural India for roughly one pound, remains invisible to the system with no contract protections or sanitary facilities. The declaration's promise depends on governments recognizing informal workers.

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