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Images of Empowerment

Description

Jethi Varjin does back-breaking work as a head loader in Ahmedabad's teeming main vegetable market. She carries heavy loads of vegetables from trucks arriving from rural areas to local vendors. Jethi, a member of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), a trade union for poor, self-employed women in the informal sector, has to work quickly because she is paid by the weight of each load.

License

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Learn more

Location

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Photo Credit

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images/Images of Empowerment

Filename

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