Ninety-eight per cent of the workers who lost their lives in 2017 were non-union or temporary workers.Read the full article
“When you speak to donors about supporting access to healthcare, for example, it needs to be framed in terms of general access that benefits migrants and local communities alike,” to help minimise any xenophobic sentiment and to promote development and [...]Read the full article
“Social media works, but the Lebanese government should bring these women under the protection of the labour law.”Read the full article
The death of a Senegalese street vendor has reopened the debate on the decriminalisation of street vending in Spain.Read the full article
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 under [...]Read the full article
Today, 445 factories with more than 216,000 workers have unions to represent their interests and protect their rights.Read the full article
A referendum that could enable the liberalisation of access to abortion is set to be held at the end of May in Ireland. It is a unique opportunity for supporters of this right, who are working to mobilise all their resources, in a country where laws on abortion are amongst the most restrictive [...]Read the full article
Now that even the United Nations considers the pursuit of happiness to be “a fundamental human goal,” working to live is no longer enough.Read the full article
Despite significant progress at both a national and international level, the socio-economic status of domestic workers in Brazil is still precarious, and new challenges are emerging.Read the full article
The sudden closure of factories has become commonplace in the textile industry and the big brands are denying responsibility for paying compensation.Read the full article
The average period a worker spends in a warehouse is three years, after which the body can no longer sustain the pace of work, leading to his or her resignation.Read the full article
"We have found more than 40,000 bombs since 1999, clearing more than 15 square kilometres of land. Our target is to have a mine-free Kosovo for 2020, and to have it cleared of cluster bombs by 2024."Read the full article
France’s last government promised hardship points so that workers could retire earlier. But President Emmanuel Macron has narrowed the criteria and risks for women workers are still ignored.Read the full article
Some 15,000 people are employed in Bosnia’s mines. In Breza, a small town, around 20 kilometres from Sarajevo, the country’s last female miners dispel the myth that “a woman in a mine brings bad luck”.Read the full article
Most of the workers on the assembly lines are young women who carry out what are considered low skilled jobs.Read the full article
The European Union has approved the use of glyphosate for another five years. It is the culmination of a battle pitting corporate interests and political manoeuvring against the health of European citizens.Read the full article
At a European level, one can already notice a slowdown in trade-related measures linked to animal welfare regulations. And yet, Europeans want more animal protection.Read the full article
France has been accumulating nuclear waste since 1974, with no long-term solution for recycling it. Plans to bury it underground in Bure, in the east of France, are the object of fierce opposition from the anti-nuclear movement.Read the full article
“Heightened legal accountability means that leads firms and buyers can no longer afford to have a blind spot in their transport and logistics supply chains.”Read the full article
The campaign for the recognition of sex work raises a human rights dilemma: the right to work versus the fight for gender equality.Read the full article
Government statistics show that 39 Indonesians died in the Middle East and Africa between January and July 2017 – that’s one person every four days.Read the full article
Sierra Leone has a complex, systemic problem on its hands that, at this late stage, defies quick fixes or well-funded projects that attempt to deal with issues on a piecemeal basis.Read the full article
“Japan should be investing in this booming clean energy sector, instead of taking a backwards position on coal.”Read the full article
“It is dangerous. The victims of fire need a timely response or they are going to die. That is what austerity can mean.”Read the full article
