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  • Teenage girl selling pottery at weekly market in Gorom Gorom, Northeastern Burkina Faso, West Africa.
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  • Children sell papayas by the roadside near Kpong, Ghana on Wednesday June 17, 2009.
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  • Young boy selling sweets, Ghana, West Africa.
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  • Woman selling bags made from recycled plastic bags at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • Woman selling ceramic objects at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • A vendor selling wooden carvings at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • A girl sits next to a plastic container filled with mangoes in the West Point slum in Monrovia, Montserrado county, Liberia on Monday April 2, 2012.
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  • A woman lays bags for sale in the main shop of the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • A boy walks past a sign advertising soft drinks for sale at Rally Time market in Monrovia, Montserrado county, Liberia on Thursday April 5, 2012.
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  • A boy rides a bicycle past women's clothes hanging on lines as they are offered for sale in Santiago, Cuba on Tuesday July 8, 2008.
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  • A man fills an invoice after making a sale at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • A man fills an invoice after making a sale at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • Girl roasting corn by the roadside in Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday June 19, 2009.
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  • Girls roasting corn by the roadside in Dimbokro, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday June 19, 2009.
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  • Vendor in Ghana flag store on the streets of Accra, Ghana.
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  • Tapha Dieng, 5, rummages through garbage to find items to play with or sell near his home in the Medina Gounass neighborhood of Guediawaye, Senegal on  Friday May 1, 2009.  (Olivier Asselin for the New York Times).
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  • Women sell fish at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Ghanaian women are usually responsible for selling the fish caught by their husbands. Some local fishermen complain that the recent reduction in the amount of fish they catch is not only making it more difficult for them to support their family, but can also be a cause of tension and conflict between husband and wife..
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  • A girl carries a box filled with fried balls of dough she tries to sell as snacks during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • A girl who sells sachets of drinking water waits while boys burn cables from electronics to recover copper near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008. While girls aren't directly involved in the business, they sell boys the water they use to cool off hot copper wires before handling them.
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  • A boy stirs the fire he uses to burn plastic off computer parts to recover copper that he will then sell for money near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008.
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  • A man trained as a "basic community service agent" (ASBC in French, for Agent Service de Base Communautaire) explains the proper drug dosage a mother must give her sick child in the village of Alakouta, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007. ASBC's receive training that allows them to provide basic health advice and sell drugs to villagers who cannot easily access health centers.
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  • A man trained as a "basic community service agent" (ASBC in French, for Agent Service de Base Communautaire) examines a sick child brought by his mother in the village of Alakouta, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007. ASBC's receive training that allows them to provide basic health advice and sell drugs to villagers who cannot easily access health centers.
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  • Cocoa farmer Lawson Lanquaye Mensah (right), 70, and a farm worker spread cocoa beans over a mat where they will dry in the sun at Mensah's farm in the town of Assin Adadientem, roughly 100km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Sat. January 21, 2007. A bag of 65 kg of dry cocoa beans will sell for just over $60 - Mensah says the profit he makes on one bag barely reaches $15.
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  • Cocoa farmer Lawson Lanquaye Mensah (back), 70, and a farm worker spread cocoa beans over a mat where they will dry in the sun at Mensah's farm in the town of Assin Adadientem, roughly 100km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Sat. January 21, 2007. A bag of 65 kg of dry cocoa beans will sell for just over $60 - Mensah says the profit he makes on one bag barely reaches $15.
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Maria Mchele carries sweet potatoes she intends to sell at Buhongwa market near Mwanza, Tanzania on Monday December 14, 2009.
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  • A man unloads sweet potatoes he intends to sell at Buhongwa market near Mwanza, Tanzania on Monday December 14, 2009.
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  • A boy tries to sell items in the colors of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana's official opposition party, during a rally in Tema, roughly 30km east of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday December 5, 2008. Ghanaians are voting in a presidential election on December 7 as incumbent John Agyekum Kufuor, leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),  is to step down after ruling for 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
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  • A vendor tries to sell a wooden mask to customers at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday November 1, 2008.
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, attends class at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, attends class at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • A young man stirs the fire he uses to burn plastic off computer parts to recover copper that he will then sell for money near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008.
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  • Boys stand in a cloud of smoke by burning pieces of plastic near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008..Using pieces of plastic from computer casings and foam from old refrigerators, boys build fires to burn plastic off cables that come from computers and other electronics. They recover the copper and sell it for about $4 a kilo.
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  • A boys walks through smoke as he carries a ball of cables that came from computers and other electronics near the Agbogboloshie market in Accra, Ghana on Thursday August 21, 2008. Boys use fire to burn off the plastic off cables and extract the copper that can be sold for money. Half a kilo of copper will sell for about $2..
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  • A girl carries dried fish she intends to sell on a plate sitting on her head in the village of Popoko, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire, on Sunday March 4, 2012.
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  • A woman tries to sell items in the colors of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana's official opposition party, during a rally in Tema, roughly 30km east of Ghana's capital Accra on Friday December 5, 2008. Ghanaians are voting in a presidential election on December 7 as incumbent John Agyekum Kufuor, leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),  is to step down after ruling for 2 consecutive 4-year terms.
    GHA08.1205.ELECTIONS0058.jpg
  • Adjatou Traoré, 13, sits in a classroom at the Petit Paris primary school in the town of Dori, 240 km northeast of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Monday May 11, 2009. When she was 12, Adjatou's mother attempted to sell her to a Ghanaian man who was trying to find his son a wife. She refused the marry the man. "Early marriage is not a good thing," she says, "because a child should never have to give up school."
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  • A woman serves customers at a small kiosk selling food during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • Girl selling smoked fish on the roadside.
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  • Woman selling vegetables at the market in the town of Kayes, Mali on Thursday September 2, 2010.
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  • Fish cooks in a pot at the home of Edith Saysay in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Edith and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Rukaya Bawa sells pots at the market thanks to support from CAMFED in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana on Thursday November 3, 2011.
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  • Visitors browse in a booth selling baskets at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday November 2, 2008.
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  • Vendor selling textiles at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday November 2, 2008.
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  • A woman selling pottery stands among her wares at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday November 1, 2008.
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  • A stand selling clothes at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday November 1, 2008.
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  • A woman serves customers at a small kiosk selling food during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • Women selling limes on the roadside in Tamale, northern Ghana, on Sunday June 3, 2007.
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  • Cocoa farm, Central Region.<br />
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Farmer is Lawson Lanquaye Mensah, 70.<br />
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Farms cocoa since 1998, his father was also a cocoa farmer in the Eastern Region.<br />
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A bag of 65kg of cocoa beans sells for 572,000 cedis, the profit after paying farm workers, etc, is about 150k.
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  • A woman holding her son sells rice at a roadside market in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday July 14, 2013.
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  • A woman holding her son sells rice at a roadside market in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday July 14, 2013.
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  • Woman selling fruits and vegetables at the market in the town of Kayes, Mali on Thursday September 2, 2010.
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  • Woman selling fruits and vegetables at the market in the town of Kayes, Mali on Thursday September 2, 2010.
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  • Edith Saysay, 35, pours palm oil into a pot as she cooks in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Edith and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Tarah, 7, helps her mother Edith Saysay, 35, clean dishes  outside their home in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Edith and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Edith Saysay, 35, holds a bowl with dried peppers as she cooks at home in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Edith and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Tarah 7, prepares cassava leaves as she cooks with her mother Edith at their home in the village of Jenneh, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012. As part of a UNICEF sponsored social cash transfer programme, Tarah and her family receive 2650 Liberian dollars (approx. 36 USD) per month. The money has allowed her to buy cassava from which she makes fufu that she then sells for profit. She also uses some of the money to send all of her seven children to school. Before joining the programme, only 3  of her children attended school.
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  • Rukaya Bawa sells pots at the market thanks to support from CAMFED in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana on Thursday November 3, 2011.
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  • Salamatu Abdalay, 32, sells plastic bags in the shop she started thanks to support from CAMFED in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana on Thursday November 3, 2011.
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  • Salamatu Abdalay, 32, sells plastic bags in the shop she started thanks to support from CAMFED in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana on Thursday November 3, 2011.
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  • Woman selling textiles at the Village Artisanal de Ouagadougou, a cooperative that employs dozens of artisans who work in different mediums, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Monday November 3, 2008.
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  • Visitors browse in a booth selling baskets at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday November 2, 2008.
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  • A vendor selling wooden carvings at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday November 2, 2008.
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  • A vendor selling clothes and textiles at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Sunday November 2, 2008.
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  • A woman selling pottery greets customers at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday November 1, 2008.
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  • A vendor selling wooden statues wait in his stand while customers walk by at the 22nd Salon International de l'Artisanat de Ouagadougou (SIAO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Saturday November 1, 2008.
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  • A young girl waits for her order to be ready at a small kiosk selling food during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • Customers wait for their order to be ready at a small kiosk selling food during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • A young girl holds her spoon as she waits for her order to be ready at a small kiosk selling food during the annual Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival in Cape Coast, Ghana on Saturday September 6, 2008.
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  • A girl sells candy on the beach in Cape Coast, Ghana on Sunday September 7, 2008.
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  • A supporter of the Ghana national football team sells hats and flags prior to a game between Ghana and Cameroon during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Accra, Ghana on February 7, 2008.
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  • Boy selling sheep in Tamale, Ghana on Sunday June 3, 2007...
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  • Girls selling cold drinks on the streets of Tamale, Ghana, on Sunday June 3, 2007.
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  • Rukaya Bawa sells pots at the market thanks to support from CAMFED in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana on Thursday November 3, 2011.
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  • Fish is laid out for sale at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. In Ghana, women are usually responsible for selling the fish caught by their husbands. Some local fishermen complain that the recent reduction in fish populations is not only making it more difficult for them to support their family, but also often a cause of tension and conflict between husband and wife.
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