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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, […]

Undressing for redress: the significance of Nigerian women’s naked protest

4th September 2020 Bright Alozie 0

Social media went abuzz on July 23, 2020, when hundreds of women – mostly naked – staged a protest in the northwestern state of Kaduna, Nigeria. Wailing and […]

Why Kenya’s urban poor are exploited by informal water markets

2nd September 2020 Anindita Sarkar 0

Informal urban water markets – as opposed to piped water – have long supported many of Kenya’s urban areas. Those that use them are either unserved, or […]

The “normalisation of mass surveillance” could pose a threat to social mobilisation, warns digital rights advocate Diego Naranjo

31st August 2020 Equal Times 0

Long before the arrival of 2020, the ‘year zero’ of Covid-19, efforts to safeguard digital rights and the public debate on fundamental rights (often disregarded […]

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 […]

As well as missed opportunities, ‘Generation Corona’ is also grieving lost moments

27th August 2020 Equal Times 0

For Rebecca McKeon, a 19-year-old living in Wexford, Ireland, graduating from secondary school was a quick and rather uneventful experience. In mid-June, her school organised […]

Zimbabwe teachers’ strike continues as government announces examination dates

25th August 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

There could be a showdown between the teachers’ unions and government when schools re-open in Zimbabwe next week.

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

20th August 2020 Adegboye Folasade Bosede 0

COVID-19 has had a dire effect on global economies. Rising infection rates have led to social distancing directives, persistent lockdowns, the closing of businesses, travel restraints, salary cuts, […]

Zim journalists petition President Mnangagwa

18th August 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Media freedom is under threat in Zimbabwe under cover of lockdown regulations to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Striking Zim nurses struck off July payroll

13th August 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

There seems not to be an end in sight for the ailing health system in Zimbabwe as the government takes a hardline against the strike.

ITUC objects to ZANU PF calling ZCTU a terrorist organisation

4th August 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Ongoing human rights abuses in the country have reminded Zimbabweans that the regime did not change when Mugabe was ousted in 2017.

Janhavi Dave: “We need to empower home-based workers by investing in more co-operatives. Unity builds strength and resilience”

27th July 2020 Equal Times 0

South Asia is home to over 50 million home-based workers, most of whom are women. From agarbhatti incense stick rollers in India to piecework garment workers in Sri […]

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