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Brazil’s labour justice system is battling with growing rights violations

6th Dec 2021 Equal Times 0

“It was chaos,” says Nilzete, a nurse at Souza Aguiar Hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Twenty-three years of experience had not prepared her for this. […]

Zimbabwe launches National Labour Migration Policy to help protect migrant workers

14th Sep 2021 Equal Times 0

Although there is no reliable data, with an estimated 4 to 7 million people living outside of the country, Zimbabwe has one of the highest […]

Clinical waste collectors – unprotected, untrained, underpaid and undervalued

21st Jul 2021 Equal Times 0

It was an accident that could have been avoided. While a waste collector was incinerating infectious waste at Connaught Hospital, Sierra Leone’s principal adult referral […]

Covid-19 makes a bad situation worse for agricultural migrant workers in Canada

26th Apr 2021 Equal Times 0

Maria Lopez begged to get time off to go to church for Christmas. She had worked for months as a packer in a greenhouse in […]

South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad

15th Feb 2021 Equal Times 0

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 […]

Democracy and health: how citizen participation can also contribute to better health care

18th Jan 2021 Equal Times 0

“The authorities have been very quick to take decisions during the Covid crisis,” says Siiri Ann Doka. Too quick, perhaps, for citizens and patients to […]

In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes

29th Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]

The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure

9th Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]

Kinshasa’s new generation of artists are seeking recognition and support

11th Sep 2020 Equal Times 0

“Art is dead, if the expats leave the country tomorrow,” says Junior Moka, a professional photographer, before sitting down resignedly. His comment may seem to […]

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

27th Aug 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 […]

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

27th Jul 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 […]

Emptied of tourists, Venice is full of ideas. But is the solidarity economy enough to sustain the city?

30th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

“When we closed the bookstore, we also removed the No Grandi Navi flag from the window, as a sign of appeasement,” the owner of the MarcoPolo bookshop […]

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