910 results
-
Can Tunisia Shake Off “Business as Usual” Following Covid-19?
The government should place the COVID-19 response within a broader effort to address the persistent and systemic challenges the country faces from corruption to rent-seeking to vulnerable workers’ conditions, writes Salma Houerbi
View Post -
Pradeepan Ravi, Cividep India
Organising is Essential for Homeworkers
It is not just homeworkers, but the brands and suppliers as well who stand to gain from recognising the labour rights of homeworkers
View Post -
Photo: Ivan Franceschini
Building the New Southeast Asian Macau: A Survey of Chinese and Cambodian Construction Workers in Sihanoukville
Research unearths widespread problems on Chinese construction sites in Otres, a village on the outskirts of Sihanoukville city
View Post -
Canva
Unpacking the relationship between homeworking and child workers
Many brands prohibit the use of homeworkers, often as a knee-jerk reaction to the controversial association of homework with child labour. However, there is important new evidence about the real benefits of homework to children's wellbeing
View Post -
Photo: Denis Mayhua/dpa/PA Images
Challenges of COVID-19 in Latin America, the most unequal region in the world
Latin America deserves a new opportunity to recover through a human rights-based approach that includes marginalised but key groups.
View Post -
CIVIDEP India
What would gender-friendly actions for homeworkers look like in a post-COVID-19 world?
If brands can ensure homeworkers receive a living wage and regular work, this would be life-changing for many women
View Post -
pixabay
Something for Europeans to celebrate – a new social contract begins to emerge?
BHRRC's Phil Bloomer and ITUC's Sharan Burrow discuss the EU Commission's plans for mandatory due diligence in a piece for Open Democracy
View Post -
Photo: Pradeepan Ravi, Cividep India
Human rights due diligence can help home-based workers hidden in India’s Leather Industry
The Indian leather industry needs a new business model, where brands recognise homeworkers in the supply chain and enable suppliers to be open about hiring homeworkers.
View Post
