How Filipina domestic workers protect and support each other in Jordan
When she left the Philippines to work in Jordan, Rosa (not her real name) took two mobile phones with her. She knew that one of […]
Poverty and inequalities
The food crisis and hunger pandemic
The measures taken by government to slow the spread of COVID-19 have unmasked the face of racialised and gendered inequalities hiding in the folds of democracy.
What about the kids? COVID-19 also puts children’s rights at risk
When the editors of Nature magazine first used the term ‘coronavirus’ in 1968, they probably never, not even in their wildest dreams, imagined that the concept would become […]
In one of the most religious countries in the world, Nigerian churches and mosques have joined the fight against the coronavirus
On a Sunday morning in April, the rising sun casts shadows over St Dominic’s Catholic Church in Yaba, a lively neighbourhood in the biggest city […]
Why heavy-handed policing won’t work for lockdowns in highly unequal countries
Many African countries have imposed lockdown measures stricter than countries in Europe and Asia in a bid to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. […]
For African migrants trying, and dying, to reach north America, the Darién Gap is the “new Mediterranean”
By the time Basame Lonje made it out of the jungle, he was beyond exhausted. The 35-year-old from Cameroon had gone four days out of […]
In the UK and the US, populism can’t stop a declining steel industry
Michael Murphy, 61, was born and raised in Scunthorpe, a small industrial city in the north of England that sprang up in the late 19th […]
Mass protests in Latin America against the neoliberal model
“It’s not 30 pesos: it’s 30 years.” This slogan, one of the most frequently used in the mass protests in Chile, explains in seven words […]
Xenophobia: time for cool heads to prevail in Nigeria and South Africa
The latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa have ignited the long-standing tensions between the country and Nigeria. These are captured in the retaliatory attacks on South African businesses […]
What’s behind the rise in defensive design?
When US$20,000 worth of studs were installed on the surface of a fountain in a downtown Toronto park in 2017, the upset felt by some […]
The rise of the ‘disobedient mother’: towards a feminist vision of motherhood
“97% devoted. 3% self-centred. 0 complaints. 100% mother”. This slogan – chosen by a major department store chain for its latest Mother’s Day advertising campaign […]
Why ‘pro-poor’ policies on their own won’t shift inequality in South Africa
Sociologist Goran Therborn has probably influenced the study of inequality more than any other scholar in recent years. Invited to locate inequality in South Africa in a […]
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