Women often own street food stalls or are employed as vendors. In certain regions they actually represent from 70% to 90% of the vendors.

Vietnamese woman selling meat
FAO photo by N. Rubery

More photos in this series:

  • Jordan: street vendor selling bread
  • India: sale of street food

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