On the road with Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa beans
It’s 8.40pm. A strong wind blows across the dark night sky, whistling through the large trees that protrude from the canopy formed by cocoa trees. […]
International
With poverty rates on the rise, eradicating child labour in Lebanon is proving ever more complicated
On roaming through the winding alleyways of Tripoli’s old city and its maze-like souk, it is not unusual to see children pushing wheelbarrows with boxes […]
Central African refugees are caught between a rock and hard place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
It is 4pm on a February day in 2021. A woman is busy in a makeshift kitchen, nestled between a brick house and a large […]
Is the Jamaican government giving BPO investors the “green light to disregard labour laws”?
With tens of thousands of jobs linked to the tourism sector lost due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Jamaican government has heralded the island’s fast-expanding […]
How the business of academic journals stifles scientific research and penalises researchers with limited resources
The aphorism ‘publish or perish’ began gaining popularity in Western academia in the first half of the 20th century. By the 1980s, it had become […]
In Ecuador, abaca workers are demanding justice and an end to 60 years of modern-day slavery
In December 2003, after 30 years spent labouring on an abaca plantation, Susana Quiñonez finally summoned the courage to demand better working conditions from her […]
In Kenya, women bear the brunt as mechanisation wipes out tea sector jobs
On a cool Tuesday evening in Kapkugerwet village in Kenya’s Kericho County, Lucy Cheres puts a tea basket on her hunched back and heads out […]
South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad
In February 2020, PK Valsala, a 45-year-old single woman from Kerala, south India, went to Oman to start a job as a domestic worker. She […]
Agricultural union in India supports farmers protest against government and agri-business
The protesting farmers, with the support of the broader community in India, are fighting for the security of government-regulated markets for their produce.
As climate displacement increases, migration myths fuel fears
Wave by wave, Saint-Louis is slowly but steadily sinking beneath the rising ocean; the waters that once provided the northern Senegalese city with sustenance now threatening its […]
The army’s encroachment on the civilian economy is costing Egyptian workers dearly
Their faces marked by exhaustion and sadness, thousands of Delta fertilizer company employees continue with their sit-in protest against the decision taken by the Dakahlia […]
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the COVID-19 response
When a pandemic hits, questions that immediately arise include what impact there will be on public health, the economy and other aspects of society. Another […]
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