“Kazakhstan has a very poor record upholding the principle of non-refoulement and Sayragul’s case is a welcome departure from that record.”Read the full article
“We cannot live on fishing alone anymore. What else can we do?”Read the full article
What lessons can these new grassroots movements teach us? Can local or individual struggles have global resonance? One thing they do demonstrate is how uniting and fighting together can have a real [...]Read the full article
Why does a country that approves and leads climate action promote, in parallel, development based on extractivism - an option that undermines the rights of the people?Read the full article
In Nigeria, efforts to increase women’s participation in politics, public life and policy-making have so far yielded negligible gains at a local, state and federal level.Read the full article
As global inequality widens, so do the various manifestations of extreme exploitation, as this fourth edition of Equal Times’ summer themed-article series illustrates.Read the full article
Today, scientists speak about loneliness as if it were a chronic disease. They say it is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, that it kills more people than obesity.Read the full article
With one of the highest population densities in the world and an unabating love for cars, paralysing traffic jams are a daily reality in Malta. Only improved public transport and a reduction in the number of cars on the island can break the [...]Read the full article
“We shouldn’t have to rely on the fact that so-and-so woke up on the right side of their bed to work freely as journalists.”Read the full article
The world of work is undergoing a metamorphosis: technological progress, deepening globalization and climate change are some of the drivers of this change. We cannot stop these drivers, however, we can surely manage them. This is the third part [...]Read the full article
Hundreds of hydro-electric power stations are being built on the rivers of the Balkans, threatening fragile eco-systems and the daily lives of a population already sorely tempted to emigrate.Read the full article
Three months on and there is still no sign of a resolution to the crisis. As well as a death toll equivalent to one death every six hours, 215,000 jobs have been lost, 1.3 people are at risk of falling into poverty, the country has suffered [...]Read the full article
