Tag:Migrant workers
Accountability
Oxfam Kit A Sole Acknowledgement of An ASHA’s Work During COVID-19 Pandemic
The nature of Vinita’s job took a drastic turn as she went door-to-door while people stayed indoors — some fearing a police crackdown; others...
Bangladesh
A first person account: ‘I speak up for those who cannot’
Sixty million workers across the developing world rely on the garment industry for their livelihoods. The vast majority of these workers are women.
Jordan’s garment...
COVID-19
Pro-rich policies buoy billionaires’ rise in India
In contrast to the callous treatment meted out to internal migrant workers, the government spared no costs in arranging special flights to fetch students...
Children
Leprosy in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
Cases of leprosy detected among migrant labourers returning from their employment abroad has reignited the conversation on the much-stigmatised disease.
Doctors in Jhapa, Nepal have...
Bangladesh
Lebanon crises increases suffering of migrant domestic workers
Around 250,000 women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia and the Philippines earn as low as US$ 150 a month...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
