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Eight years after the Ali Enterprises factory fire in Pakistan, victims and their families are still fighting for justice

22nd October 2020 Equal Times 0

On 22 September 2020, almost exactly eight years after Pakistan’s worst industrial fire officially killed 264 garments workers and injured over 60 others in the commercial capital […]

Grooms dismissed from PE race course charge ward councillor for running security business from public office

13th October 2020 Joseph Chirume 0

Hysterical reports of the protest in the mainstream media claimed the dismissed grooms had stabbed and maimed horses.

In the United States, families separated by Trump’s immigration policies face an ongoing struggle

28th September 2020 Equal Times 0

In his suburban Los Angeles home, Robert Garrison is going round in circles. It’s been almost a year since this Californian teacher last saw his […]

How the little-known Energy Charter Treaty is holding environmental policy hostage

7th September 2020 Equal Times 0

Is it possible to take urgently needed action on climate change while simultaneously protecting the fossil fuel industry, the very cause of climate imbalance? Today, […]

In Valencia, a local neighbourhood offers an example of how to resist speculative urban planning

28th August 2020 Equal Times 0

Neighbourhoods in the limelight usually attract media attention either for being hotbeds of conflict or hubs of investment. El Cabanyal in Valencia, Spain, has fit […]

Men threaten female job-seekers

24th August 2020 Mandla Mnyakama 0

Women job-seekers have asked for government protection from sex pests.

Violence against women rises under lockdown

30th July 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

According to gender activists, the lockdown due to covid-19 has tightened the grip abusers have over their victims at home.

Marginalised workers demand better working conditions under Covid-19

15th July 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

A group of workers demonstrated outside the Department of Labour offices against their deteriorating work conditions under covid-19.

Buffalo City claims that it loses millions to illegal connections

8th July 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Informal settlement residents continue to reconnect themselves to the electricity grid after the municipality disconnects their illegal supply.

How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan

16th June 2020 Equal Times 0

When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]

Who has been hit hardest by South Africa’s lockdown? We found some answers

15th June 2020 the conversation 0

In trying to limit the spread of COVID-19, policymakers globally have the difficult task of balancing the positive health effects of lockdowns against their economic […]

How Egypt silences popular and dissident music

9th June 2020 Equal Times 0

For Faris Hemida, a well-known singer of Egypt’s wildly popular musical style known as mahraganat (‘festivals’ in Arabic), 16 February 2020 did not go well. […]

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