That is the challenge and the time limit. In this special, we take a glance at the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda, and examine, with the help of experts and examples on the ground, the scale of the challenges to be met, the progress made and the obstacles [...]Read the full article
In the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, Venezuela is gripped by gold fever. Venezuelans are flocking by the hundreds to the Orinoco Mining Arc and the environment is paying the price in the form of deforestation and mercury-polluted [...]Read the full article
“We decided to have babies because life must go on. My country needs a new generation to rebuild itself from the ruins. I hope our children are able to live in peace and safety and grow up to have a happy life.”Read the full article
Antonello Mangano:As these workers are often employed by the caporalato (gangmasters) who run a system of minimum payment and maximum exploitation, the victims of labour exploitation are often unrecorded by official statistics.Read the full article
Chloé Maurel:“There is a deeply unjust imbalance: a victim of a multinational cannot apply to any court for justice, while a multinational can turn against states via private arbitration tribunals.”Read the full article
In our globalised economy, as consumers and citizens, we are increasingly confronted with the impact of our purchases on the lives and health of those who produce and make our food and day-to-day objects.Read the full article
Marta Torre-Schaub:“Going to court to settle a planetary issue not dealt with by international law, that’s where the novelty lies. Judges are also breaking new ground by agreeing to hear cases of this kind.”Read the full article
According to the WHO, some seven million people die as a result of environmental pollution every year. Over 90 per cent of these deaths are caused in low- and middle-income countries. It is no coincidence.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
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
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
Andrea Iossa: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
