Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018
Every year for the last five years the Global Rights Index has catalogued violations of freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to […]
Violence against women
Gender-based violence on the rise in the Western Cape
In a meeting with various organisations the Commission for Gender Equality revealed that incest, parents forcing children into marriage, female farm workers sleeping with male supervisors to secure work, and child trafficking for sex work is rife in the Western Cape.
Swedish researchers examined whether a six-hour workday is the way forward; here’s what they found
In February 2015, Gothenburg’s City Council voted to run an 18-month experiment at its Svartedalen elderly care home. The staff would transition from a standard […]
“They have forgotten the lessons of Rana Plaza”
Five years after the disaster that took place on 24 April 2013, garment worker-organisers in Bangladesh say that many employers are still failing to ensure that worksites remain safe.
What does the Commonwealth mean to its 30 million workers?
The Commonwealth Trade Union Group (CTUG) represents 30 million workers from the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly […]
Africa’s invisible millions survive without ID documents
Few people in the Kiambaa area of Kikuyu constituency on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital can dispute Mushewa Ndolo’s talent as a carpenter. His hard […]
The precarious status of domestic workers in Brazil
With almost 7.2 million domestic workers, Brazil has ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189, covering decent work for those carrying out domestic tasks in the home.
Reconciliation, a difficult journey for the Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Yellowknife is a Canadian city north of the 60th parallel. It is a Saturday in November and the NWT (Northwest Territories) Wellness Society is holding […]
Education helps workers fight gender-based violence in Tanzania’s flower industry
Gender and labour rights education is proving to be successful in horticulture industry in Tanzania.
Activists take Pakistan’s fight against patriarchy and gender-based violence online
Women groups in Pakistan are taking up the fight against gender and women oppression.
Bosnia’s last female miners
As a result of gender equity in the workplace policies, the workplace has changed. The policies promote the notion that females are just as capable of performing the same tasks in the workplace as males and therefore they should also be fairly represented in all sectors of the economy including mining. But, this has come with its own challenges especially in mining.
100 Dead but no end in sight at Glebelands (Part 2)
Since the killing began in March 2014, 100 people have died in Glebelands Hostel-related violence – either violently from hitmen’s bullets; or more slowly, from stress-induced illnesses caused by the fear of living daily in the shadow death. With a death toll now reaching almost four times the number of people killed at Marikana – which evoked worldwide outrage, political humiliation, commissions of inquiry and support groups – it is instructive to reflect on the state and society’s response to Glebelands’ ongoing slaughter.
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