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Month: Feb 2020

Can new trade rules help east Africa’s cross-border women traders secure a decent livelihood?

28th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

Lorna Okitoyi has been a cross-border trader based in Malaba, western Kenya for over 10 years. The 46-year-old mother-of-two sells food staples and kitchen utensils […]

South Africa’s spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

25th Feb 2020 Andries du Toit 0

Small informal retailers are a ubiquitous feature of any developing country’s urban landscape. Known as spaza shops in South Africa, they are an important, even […]

Due diligence: has France really laid the foundations to end corporate impunity?

24th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

On 24 October 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, triggered a huge outcry. Over a thousand people were killed when […]

What will it take for Canada to confront its femicide crisis?

21st Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

As civil society, activists, governments and the United Nations hail 2020 a critical year for advancing women’s rights and gender equality, a femicide crisis in […]

How South African wineland workers used global networks to fight for their rights

18th Feb 2020 Thomas Hastings 0

Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. Debates around these malpractices were given fresh impetus four years ago […]

Is there a glimmer of hope for Vietnamese workers?

17th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

Last November, the Vietnamese National Assembly took a long-awaited decision on a demand that came from both inside and outside the country: to authorise independent […]

Khayelitsha Education Forum disputes claims by WCED

14th Feb 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

The Khayelitsha Education Forum has vowed to continue with protests if their demands for security at schools are not met by the Western Cape Education Department.

Shutdown of schools in Khayelitsha to continue til Friday

13th Feb 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

The Khayelitsha Education Forum led a march to the Magistrate Court calling for improved safety at schools in the area.

Rome’s ‘invisible’ immigrants offer an alternative view of the Eternal City

12th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

For many people who live in Rome, the weekends are reserved for leisurely walks in the city centre and window shopping. But on a sunny […]

Will Turkey’s thirst for dam building add an element of combustibility to a regional water crisis?

11th Feb 2020 Equal Times 0

As the Ilısu Dam, one of Turkey’s most controversial dam projects, gears up to begin producing energy this month, observers are describing it as yet […]

Careworkers in Khayelitsha march for better working conditions

10th Feb 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

About 300 community careworkers marched from Day Hospital in Site B Khayeltisha to the health district offices demanding better working conditions.

Cape Town residents voice their views on the NHI

7th Feb 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Scores of Cape Town residents shared their views on the NHI as the public hearings on the draft bill to implement universal healthcare continue in the Western Cape.

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