In Turkey, the right to freedom of association and unionisation remains under threat
With their faces wrapped in traditional white scarves, they spend hours in silence at the gates of the country’s prisons: more than 45 days outside […]
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Civil society organisations in Mexico are hanging in the balance following the government’s decision to cancel funding
Aurelia’s husband used to beat her at night while her daughters were asleep. In the morning the girls would notice her bruises and ask if […]
Theatre, the other (unexpected) platform for teaching young people about sex and sexual violence
She covers her reddened cheeks with her hands and her eyes fill with tears. “It is as if they had raped me. We’re devastated, we’re […]
Is it time for a four-day work week?
This March, the UK Labour Party commissioned an inquiry into a shorter working week following calls from campaigners and trade unions to reduce the number […]
How do Nigerian gay and bisexual men cope? This is what they told us
Many Africans who are not gay or bisexual – sexually attracted only to people of the same sex or of both sexes – claim that […]
Australian unions seek to “balance the power of the powerful” in historic election
On 18 May, Australians will cast their votes in an election that has workers’ rights at centre-stage. In what has been declared by the main […]
Meet the women succeeding in the fishing industry
In the port of General Santos, the centre of the Filipino tuna industry, Mercy Ong is one of the few women who gives orders. When […]
Many Accra-dwellers will know that December is the month of the returnees. In the days leading up to Christmas, Ghanaians from across the diaspora pour […]
“We have an historic opportunity to put an end to the AIDS epidemic in Africa”
Parked on Ouagadougou’s red soil opposite the association’s clinic under the burning sun, the ‘mobile screening’ van is the pride of the African Solidarity Association […]
“Strikes have not died out in the 21st century, they are being transformed”
[This article was first published on May 1st, 2018.] At the AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization) they are very busy […]
Malawi is testing a new malaria vaccine. But it’s still early days
Malaria is a leading cause of death and illness around the world. Over 200 million cases are reported every year, and more than 400 000 people die. More […]
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own
Where there is revolution, there’s a central gathering point – just think of Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Taksim Square in Istanbul and Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunisia. They all captured the […]
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