Today, 445 factories with more than 216,000 workers have unions to represent their interests and protect their rights.Read the full article
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hold on power is shored up in a large way by his divvying up of the country’s natural and economic resources amongst his political allies; to make a meaningful effort to put an end to deforestation would be to destroy one of the [...]Read the full article
From north to south, the Americas are in the grip of an intense election year, set against the background of Lula’s imprisonment in Brazil, the participation of the FARC in Colombia, rising violence in Mexico and calls to reject the results in Cuba and [...]Read the full article
According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 80 per cent of the people that have fled to Kenya in recent weeks are women and children.Read the full article
In March, the United Nations published a report based on the testimonies of 454 survivors and witnesses of the gender-based violence perpetrated largely by the Assad regime and, to a lesser extent, by opposition groups and IS. The challenge now [...]Read the full article
Though a long way to go after the Sunflower Movement, Taiwan’s web-driven democratisation contrasts sharply with its authoritarian neighbour.Read the full article
“Iran likes to portray itself as a theocratic democracy, run according to Islamic principles. In reality, it is a kleptocracy, where the people in power use their authority to steal from working people.”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 [...]Read the full article
“We need to redesign our cities to have in mind our citizens and not their cars.”Read the full article
Beatriz Alcaine is a symbol of the Salvadorian cultural movement of the last three decades. Between 1991 and 2012, La Luna was a rallying point for intellectuals returning to El Salvador after the Civil War. Bea’s life is a metaphor for a country that [...]Read the full article
The village of Vardø, in the Norwegian Arctic, with a population of little more than 200 at the time, saw as many as 70 witchcraft trials between 1601 and 1663. Steilneset, the striking memorial for those executed, is a global reference for historians [...]Read the full article
Digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence are changing the way we produce and work. Work via on-line platforms, ever more widespread, brings flexibility and independence, but also uncertainty and a lack of labour [...]Read the full article
