Why, even with more access to toilets, women in a Kenyan slum avoid them
About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. This leads to poor sanitation and about 280,000 people per year die as […]
International
Arrest of ZCTU leaders highlights continued repression of trade unions in Zimbabwe
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President Peter […]
Domestic workers want better working and living conditions
The International Domestic Worker Federation concluded its congress in Cape Town on Monday, 19 November.
Domestic worker unions urged to organise migrant workers
Domestic worker unions and organisations have gathered in Cape Town to talk about improving the working and living conditions of domestic workers around the world.
France’s mental health professionals are on the verge of a breakdown
With a megaphone in one hand and leaflets in the other, Isabelle Bouligaud walks back and forth in front of a crowd of nurses and […]
Bolsonaro’s victory is likely to see Brazil scale down Africa interests
His first son is a senator for the state of Rio do Janeiro. His second son a municipal councillor in the city of Rio, and […]
Brazil’s public universities are in crisis
It’s the night of 2 September 2018 and Brazil’s National Museum is burning. Jean-François Evran, professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de […]
Colombia is the deadliest country for human rights defenders, with one activist killed every three days since the 2016 peace agreement
The assassination of human rights defenders is a plague that has been spreading in recent years. Latin America is the worst affected: 85 per cent […]
Congolese trade unionist Joséphine Shimbi Umba: “We say ’protect the workers’, but which workers are we talking about if only 2.5 per cent have formal jobs?”
Joséphine Shimbi Umba is vice president of gender, the informal economy and finance at the Trade Union Confederation of Congo (La Confédération Syndicale du Congo, […]
As Kerala succumbs to the sea, the Indian government ramps up coastal construction
Between June and August this year, the southern Indian state of Kerala experienced the heaviest rainfall it had seen in over a century. More than […]
Women and children bear the brunt of Cameroon’s conflict
On 7 September 2018, hundreds of women rallied in a stadium in the city of Bamenda, in the north-west region of Cameroon to protest multiple […]
Lifting the lid on the black box of informal trade in Africa
The share of internal trade in Africa remains low, as reflected by official statistics. This is despite numerous regional trade agreements that have led to […]
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