Middle East & No. Africa: General

Middle East & No. Africa: Unions educate workers on rights during the Covid-19 outbreak and push for fair treatment

Author: Tula Connell, Solidarity Center

"Covid-19: Unions mobilize across Middle East/ No. Africa," 24 Mar 2020...

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• Related in-depth areas: Freedom of Association NGOs & trade unions Right to Freedom of Association

China continues to expand portfolio of green finance and clean energy projects in MENA, according to research

Author: Ossman Elnaggar, The Diplomat

“China’s Growing “Green” Engagement in MENA”, 19 Sep 2019...

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• Related stories: China continues to expand portfolio of green finance and clean energy projects in MENA, according to research
• Related in-depth areas: Chinese investment overseas
• Related companies: ACWA Power Agricultural Bank of China Bank of China China Construction Bank Dongfang Electric General Electric Harbin Electric (formerly Harbin Power Equipment) Shanghai Electric

Report examines changes in Twitter since Arab Spring & how it became govt. tool to silence human rights defenders

Author: Yarno Ritzen, Al Jazeera

'It exists to demobilise opposition': How Twitter fails Arabs", 16 Jul 2019...

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• Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Technology and Human Rights: Automation Technology and Human Rights: Digital Freedom
• Related companies: Twitter

Middle East & North Africa: Telecommunication cos. Ooredoo & Etisalat backslide in Ranking Digital Rights benchmark

Author: Afef Abrougui, Ranking Digital Rights

"Arab region’s telecommunications companies fail to respect users’ digital rights", 12 Jun 2019...

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• Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights Technology and Human Rights: Digital Freedom
• Related companies: América Movil Apple AT&T Axiata Baidu Bharti Airtel Deutsche Telekom Etisalat Facebook Kakao Corp Mail.ru Microsoft MTN Oath Inc (formerly Yahoo! & AOL (part of Verizon)) Ooredoo Orange Samsung Telefónica Telenor Tencent Twitter Vodafone Yandex

Governments and companies tackling the 4th industrial revolution at the World Economic Forum MENA

Author: Jordan Times

"WEF tackles 4th industrial revolution, need for regional education to keep pace", 8th April 2019...

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• Related in-depth areas: Technology and Human Rights
• Related companies: Careem Facebook Uber

Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour: findings from the first global report on child labour in the Arab States

Author: ILO, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Arab Council for Childhood and Development (ACCD), Arab Labour Organisation (ALO),League of Arab States (LAS)

Conflict and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa has led to an increase in child labour across the region, including in children’s involvement in armed conflict and other illicit activities, a new report finds....

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How can digital technology support gender equality in the MENA region?

Author: NewsRoom

Closing the skills gap by training women in leadership and developing women’s business skills will facilitate the creation of start-up businesses and generate thousands of jobs that will transform the economy of the region....

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The B Team releases research that shows limits on civic freedoms are linked to negative economic outcomes

Author: The B Team (USA)

"The business case for protecting civic rights", 15 Oct 2018...

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• Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Latest news: CEO activism and other positive business initiatives to protect civic freedoms
• Related companies: Unilever