Workers' rights
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Can promises on gender equality made in Australia help a 16-year-old cigarette maker with no toilet in India?
In this week’s newsletter: can the Melbourne declaration help women affected by injustice?; plus the artist ch…
- Feminism, Global development, India, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, Workers' rights, World news
Can promises on gender equality made in Australia help a 16-year-old Indian cigarette maker with no toilet?
The Melbourne declaration aims to direct funding and power to those most overlooked and affected by injustice.…
- Business, Employment, Global development, Global health, Human rights, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
‘The whole country is doing it’: how illegal kidney traders target Pakistan’s desperate brick kiln workers
Enslaved by debt, victims often feel compelled to sell an organ to repay loans – but can find themselves even …
- AI (artificial intelligence), Computing, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Technology, Workers' rights, World news
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech comp…
- Europe, India, Russia, Shipping industry, South and Central Asia, Ukraine, Workers' rights, World news
‘It’s a miracle we survived’: the civilian crew trapped on a ship in Ukraine as bombs rained down
As record number of seafarers and cargo ships are abandoned in war zones, crew members stranded in a Black Sea…
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Workers at Chinese factory that produces Labubu toys are being exploited, says NGO
Exclusive: China Labor Watch says people aged 16-18 employed without required special protectionsA labour righ…
- Fifa, Football, Football politics, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia and sport, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2034, World news
Pressure grows on Fifa as reports warn of serious risk to workers amid Saudi World Cup building boom
Two reports published today catalogue ‘gruesome yet avoidable accidents’ on construction sites despite the Gul…
- Football, Global development, Human rights, Migration and development, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and sport, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2034, World news
First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, was a foreman building Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, one of 11 new venues for 2…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Football, Global development, Human rights, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World Cup, World news
‘Many migrant workers will die’: the likely human cost of awarding the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia
Millions of migrants will build stadiums, transport networks and hotels. But testimonies from Bangladeshis who…
- Climate crisis, Employment, Environment, Extreme heat, Global development, Global health, India, Social protection, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
‘I feel dizzy but I can’t stop’: global heating is already making kiln workers’ lives unbearable. And it will only get worse
Researchers mapped brick kilns across India and used climate models to forecast the levels of heat stress work…
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Indian farm worker in Italy ‘left to die on road’ with severed arm
Trade unionist calls for crackdown on ‘barbaric exploitation’ after death of Satnam Singh, 31, in LatinaA trad…
- Bangladesh, Fifa, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World Cup
Used, abused and deported: migrant workers land back in Bangladesh after Saudi dreams turn sour
As the Gulf kingdom bids to host a World Cup that will see its reliance on cheap foreign labour soar, planeloa…
- Construction industry, Gaza, India, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Workers' rights
‘We do not have many options’: unease over Israel’s recruitment of Indian labourers
Israel needs to fill the gap left by expelled Palestinian workers, and Indians are desperate to escape unemplo…
- Bangladesh, Business, Employment, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Human rights, Retail industry, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay face brutal violence and threats
Workers describe hands and arms being targeted in ‘merciless’ beatings as protests over low wages turn increas…
- Bangladesh, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Human rights, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages
Garment workers in Bangladesh making clothes for UK brands say plans to increase their pay to £76 a month is n…