South Africa is set on fixing its economy. But will poor people benefit?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been working hard to improve South Africa’s economic situation. In October he hosted a jobs summit that’s expected to produce 275 […]
Unemployment
Informal economies are diverse: South African policies need to recognise this
South Africa is currently mulling over ideas and agreements that recently came out of a two-day jobs summit. The country is losing the battle against […]
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, […]
New approaches needed to tackle labour market discrimination against ethnic minorities in Europe, say experts
Like many of her art history classmates, Emmanuelle Nsun struggled to find a job after graduating from a university in Liège, a city in the […]
“The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants” “The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants”
In 2015, Mohammed Arshad, 28, migrated to Saudi Arabia from Chittagong in Bangladesh with high hopes. He had plans to build a decent house, take […]
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