- Afghanistan, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Iran, Law, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
What is gender apartheid – and can anything be done to stop it?
Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls…
- Afghanistan, Child rights, Children, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Law, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women fight to hold Taliban to account over gender apartheid
What women face in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity, say activists pushing for recognition by UN Explai…
- Afghanistan, Employment, Global development, Human rights, Media, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women in journalism, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘They are trying to eradicate us completely’: the passion and pain of telling the stories of Afghan women
Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she m…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Europe, European Union, Global development, Human rights, India, Israel, Law, LGBTQ+ rights, Middle East and North Africa, Protest, Refugees, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Taliban, United Nations, US foreign policy, US news, Vietnam, World news
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid…
- Business, Fashion, Garment workers, India, Society, South and Central Asia, Unions, Women, World news
‘To survive, I must appear fearless’: the former nun helping India’s garment workers fight sexual violence
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands…
- Dalits, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, India, South and Central Asia, World news
Murder, rape and abuse in Asia’s factories: the true price of fast fashion
Jeyasre Kathiravel’s death exposed the epidemic of violence facing workers making clothes for the UK high stre…
- Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Unions, Women, Workers' rights, World news
H&M pledges to end shopfloor sexual violence in India after worker killed
Landmark agreement to protect garment workers from violence follows last year’s murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, …
- Afghanistan, Global development, Life and style, Magazines, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Time magazine, US press and publishing, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year
Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under …
- Business, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, H&M, India, Life and style, Marks & Spencer, Nike, South and Central Asia, Tesco, Workers' rights, World news, Zara
Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
Shahi Exports, which makes clothes for the UK high street, has agreed to pay staff minimum wage and arrearsInd…
- Arms trade, Asia Pacific, China, Europe, Global development, Human rights, Law, LGBT rights, Myanmar, Poland, Protest, Russia, South and Central Asia, Turkey, Uyghurs, World news
Increased repression and violence a sign of weakness, says Human Rights Watch
Watchdog’s latest report argues autocrats around the world are getting desperate as opponents form coalitions …
- Business, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, India, Life and style, Marks & Spencer, Nike, Retail industry, South and Central Asia, Tesco, Workers' rights, World news, Zara
‘Worst fashion wage theft’: workers go hungry as Indian suppliers to top UK brands refuse to pay minimum wage
Shortfall of 16p a day leaves children living on just rice as suppliers to Nike, Zara and H&M in Karnataka…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Life and style, Media, Newspapers & magazines, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
Zahra Joya: the Afghan reporter who fled the Taliban – and kept telling the truth about women
As a child in Afghanistan, she pretended to be a boy in order to get an education, before starting her own wom…
- Asia Pacific, Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, Human rights, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Unions, World news
Top fashion brands face legal challenge over garment workers’ rights in Asia
Pan-Asian labour rights group launches groundbreaking attempt to hold global labels accountable for alleged ri…
- Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, H&M, India, Poverty, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Female workers at H&M supplier in India allege widespread sexual violence
Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by h…
- Fashion, Fashion industry, Global development, H&M, Human rights, India, Law, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Worker at H&M supply factory was killed after months of harassment, claims family
Fashion brand to investigate the death of 20-year-old Jeyasre Kathiravel, reportedly killed by supervisor at N…