Equal Times - Mathilde Dorcadie

24 April 2020

Papers and scissors – in the African district of Brussels, a cooperative provides hairdressers and tailors with a way out of informality

Social actors working in the social and collaborative economy launched the cooperative after having observed that many barbers, hairdressers and [...]Read the full article

Soundtrack to the streets: a year of global protests – and the songs that underscored them

10 January 2020

Culture

Soundtrack to the streets: a year of global protests – and the songs that underscored them

Over the last few months, music from both the historical repertoire of protest songs as well as from popular culture and football stadiums are [...]Read the full article

The Amazon rainforest is burning – and we are all hypocrites

27 August 2019

Environment

The Amazon rainforest is burning – and we are all hypocrites

Mathilde Dorcadie: The critical state of our common natural heritage is all of our responsibility. The rainforest is burning because we’ve let it [...]Read the full article

Ukraine's healthcare system is in need of shock therapy

1 March 2019

Development

Ukraine’s healthcare system is in need of shock therapy

Between a lack of investment and chronic corruption, Ukraine’s healthcare system has deteriorated significantly in recent years. For many Ukrainians – [...]Read the full article

Ukraine: schoolchildren on the front line [video]

1 December 2018

Human rights

Ukraine: schoolchildren on the front line [video]

As the war rages on in eastern Ukraine, schoolchildren on the front line are learning to be resilient

20 November 2018

Human rights

As the war rages on in eastern Ukraine, schoolchildren on the front line are learning to be resilient

Keeping schools safe is a big challenge because parents must overcome their fears of danger so as not to deprive children of their right to [...]Read the full article

In the Donbass, Ukrainian miners are in the pits

2 November 2018

Labour

In the Donbass, Ukrainian miners are in the pits

Affected by the war, the economic crisis, corruption, monopolisation of the sector by energy giant DTEK and unpaid wages, coal miners in [...]Read the full article

How will the world face the challenge of migration?

17 August 2018

Human rights

How will the world face the challenge of migration?

In a world where goods and capital flow freely, it should come as no surprise that men and women are also crossing borders more [...]Read the full article

Beyond the green shoots of global grassroots activism

10 August 2018

Politics & economy

Beyond the green shoots of global grassroots activism

What lessons can these new grassroots movements teach us? Can local or individual struggles have global resonance? One thing they do demonstrate [...]Read the full article

Globalised economy, globalised abuse of workers

20 July 2018

Labour

Globalised economy, globalised abuse of workers

In our globalised economy, as consumers and citizens, we are increasingly confronted with the impact of our purchases on the lives and health of [...]Read the full article

Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers' rights in 2018

7 June 2018

Labour

Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018

The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) latest annual survey on workers’ rights around the world is published on 7 [...]Read the full article

The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil

14 March 2018

Labour

The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil

Despite significant progress at both a national and international level, the socio-economic status of domestic workers in Brazil is still [...]Read the full article

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