投稿者: Annie Kelly
Activists hope a change in international law could help to address the intensifying erosion of women and girls’ rights in AfghanistanRead more: Afghan exiles on the Taliban’s gender apartheidOver the past three years, the world has watched in horror as…
What women face in Afghanistan is a crime against humanity, say activists pushing for recognition by UN Explainer: What is gender apartheid – and can anything be done to stop it?When Sima Samar and other Afghan women came up with the term “gender apart…
Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exileOn the nights that she manages to fall asleep, Zahra Joya always returns to Afghanistan in her dreams. On good ni…
Human Rights Watch’s annual report highlights politicians’ double standards and ‘transactional diplomacy’ amid escalating crisesHuman rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, accordi…
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change thatMany years ago, when Thivya Rakini was working as a domestic violence acti…
Jeyasre Kathiravel’s death exposed the epidemic of violence facing workers making clothes for the UK high street. Will a groundbreaking agreement improve their lot?Photographs by Sivaram VJeyasre Kathiravel had always dreamed of a life beyond the garme…
Landmark agreement to protect garment workers from violence follows last year’s murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, a Dalit womanH&M has signed a legally binding agreement with one of its largest Indian clothing suppliers that pledges to end sexual viole…
Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the TalibanThe Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time’s women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women’s lives in Afgha…
Shahi Exports, which makes clothes for the UK high street, has agreed to pay staff minimum wage and arrearsIndia’s largest garment company has paid out an estimated £3m in unpaid wages to tens of thousands of workers, after two years of refusing to pay…
Watchdog’s latest report argues autocrats around the world are getting desperate as opponents form coalitions to challenge themIncreasingly repressive and violent acts against civilian protests by autocratic leaders and military regimes around the worl…
Shortfall of 16p a day leaves children living on just rice as suppliers to Nike, Zara and H&M in Karnataka underpay by estimated £41mGarment workers making clothes for international brands in Karnataka, a major clothing production hub in India, say…
As a child in Afghanistan, she pretended to be a boy in order to get an education, before starting her own women’s news agency. Now living in Britain, her fight continuesJust over a month ago, Zahra Joya left her house in Kabul to walk to her office, a…
Pan-Asian labour rights group launches groundbreaking attempt to hold global labels accountable for alleged rights violations during pandemicLegal complaints are being filed against some of the world’s largest fashion brands in major garment-producing …
Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by her supervisorWomen in India making children’s clothes for H&M have spoken out about widespread sexual violence they claim to have faced at…
Fashion brand to investigate the death of 20-year-old Jeyasre Kathiravel, reportedly killed by supervisor at Natchi ApparelsThe family of a young garment worker at an H&M supplier factory in Tamil Nadu who was allegedly murdered by her supervisor s…