Equal Times

9 March 2023

Women’s right to land is the foundation for a better tomorrow

Kalpana Karki: “According to a study by the International Land Coalition, South Asia and Latin America exhibit the highest levels of agricultural land inequality, with the top 10 per cent of landowners capturing up to 75 per cent of agricultural land and the bottom 50 per cent owning less than 2 per [...]Read the full article

Across South Asia, online hate speech is increasingly leading to real-world harm

13 July 2022

Human rights

Across South Asia, online hate speech is increasingly leading to real-world harm

Fuelled by politicians and amplified by social media algorithms, hate speech is proliferating online across South Asia. Inflammatory posts garner thousands of views before they are taken down, with offline, sometimes deadly consequences.Read the full article

The rise of a new generation of ‘green collar workers' in South-East Asia

17 May 2021

Labour

The rise of a new generation of ‘green collar workers’ in South-East Asia

A new crop of professionals in the region are developing and engaging in new projects to help communities, the environment, and to make a difference.Read the full article

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

15 February 2021

Labour

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

Although the lack of decent work that propelled their migration remains endemic, hundreds of thousands of former migrant workers in South Asia are stuck in their home countries as jobs in the Gulf remain in short supply following the coronavirus-induced economic [...]Read the full article

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

9 October 2020

Development

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

Beyond its health repercussions, the coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder for Indigenous people in many parts of Asia to defend their civil and land rights, with governments and companies taking advantage of the pandemic to brush them [...]Read the full article

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

27 July 2020

Labour

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

“The coronavirus has been a major setback and highlighted our fragilities. Buy local, sell local is the new imperative.”Read the full article

Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious

17 June 2020

Labour

Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious

Sixty-one per cent of the global workforce has neither a fixed employment contract nor a safety net to deal with lockdown measures. Organisations that represent informal workers are demanding a say in designing public policy on economic recovery and [...]Read the full article

From Indonesia to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Philippines' deadly drug war is spreading across the region

27 June 2019

Human rights

From Indonesia to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Philippines’ deadly drug war is spreading across the region

The use of state-sanctioned violence against alleged drug criminals could be spreading to south Asia where it would have a hugely detrimental impact on human rights and the rule of law.Read the full article

29 March 2019

Culture

Fight school: the children of Muay Thai

Thirteen-year-old Anucha Tasako died last November in a boxing ring in a suburb of Bangkok. Like many Thai children, Tasako was a Muay Thai boxer, the favourite sport in a country where the debate on the protection of minors has only just [...]Read the full article

28 February 2019

Labour

We’ll tell you what we want, what we really, really want: freedom, safety and a living wage for garment workers

Clean Clothes Campaign: “Taking decisive action would demand that brands reach deeper into their profit margins and cut a bigger slice of the pie for those whose hard labour is behind the clothes that fills their glossy shops.”Read the full article

“I am a journalist, but I feel like an obituary writer” – have Kashmiris lost all hope for peace?

18 September 2018

Politics & economy

“I am a journalist, but I feel like an obituary writer” – have Kashmiris lost all hope for peace?

“We can all agree that religious terrorism is a cancer in our societies but what about state-terrorism?”Read the full article

Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia

25 April 2018

Development

Slow progress in the fight against child labour in Indonesia

Despite the roadmap to eradicate child labour by 2022, published by the Indonesian government in 2015, the presence of minors in the country’s factories and plantations continues to be an everyday reality. Pending concrete measures, the development and the lives of thousands of children remain [...]Read the full article

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