Employment

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Women behind the lens: ‘I fish like a woman, not like a man’
A photograph of Milagros ‘Corito’ Molina and her sons is part of a project exploring how a group of Venezuelan women went from weaving nets to using them

Andrea Hernández Briceño

05, Feb, 2025 @7:00 AM

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Libya expels 600 Nigeriens in ‘dangerous and traumatising’ desert journey
Largest known deportation of people back to Niger to date comes as EU is accused of outsourcing cruelty to reduce Mediterranean crossings

Elizia Volkmann

10, Jan, 2025 @6:00 AM

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Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers
A Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providers

Tom Levitt, Maïa Courtois and Simon Mauvieux in Épernay

23, Dec, 2024 @5:00 AM

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Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity
Restoring age-old land rights has enabled 300 villagers to build a prosperous business and halt the exodus to the city

Roli Srivastava in Pachgaon, Maharashtra

17, Dec, 2024 @5:00 AM

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‘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 have worked there suggest abuse is deeply entrenched in the Gulf kingdom

Pete Pattisson

11, Dec, 2024 @2:49 PM

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Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in Afghan jails
Draconian new laws allow mass incarceration of women and children forced to beg because of work ban

Yalda Amini* for Zan Times

29, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

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Made in Ethiopia review – knotty study unpicks China’s industrial influence in Africa
Three women – a manager, a worker and a farmer – tell their stories in this nuanced exploration of Ethiopia’s booming Chinese-led manufacturing sector

Cath Clarke

26, Nov, 2024 @9:00 AM

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‘I do an illegal job, stealing’: the women forced to scavenge in Bolivia’s tin mines
Some work underground, others pick over tailings; all are running huge risks. But in the town of Huanani, the mines are the only way to support a family

Sarah Johnson

05, Nov, 2024 @10:00 AM

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School-leaver at 11, domestic slave at 12, gang member at 15: how a missing birth certificate derailed a life
Unable to access her documentation, Esther* found herself trapped in a spiral of abuse typical of Kenya’s child labour problem

Caroline Kimeu

04, Nov, 2024 @6:00 AM

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Saudi Arabia World Cup bid report accused of ‘whitewashing’ rights abuses
Law firm AS&H Clifford Chance failed to include alleged abuse of migrant workers in assessment for Fifa 2034 bid, say rights groups

Pete Pattisson

31, Oct, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Half of UK workforce lack access to workplace health support, report finds
Study by Royal Society for Public Health shows current system could further exacerbate health inequalities

Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

20, Oct, 2024 @11:01 PM

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‘Mercury destroys lives’: but if goldmining is here to stay, is there a way to make it safer?
Using the toxin for gold extraction is banned in the Philippines, but the practice remains widespread. Now one town is trialling a technique that could end its use and protect the world’s 15 million small-scale miners

Daniel Shailer in Paracale

18, Oct, 2024 @11:00 AM

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