Adèle Surprenant

Adèle Surprenant is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, whose is interested in workers’ rights and women in North Africa and the Middle East.

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‘Made in Tunisia': the worker-casualties of the globalisation of the textile industry

14 March 2019

Labour

‘Made in Tunisia’: the worker-casualties of the globalisation of the textile industry

Eight years after the 2011 revolution and the fall of President Ben Ali, the opening of the Tunisian economy to foreign investment continues, [...]Read the full article

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