(English) INDIA. Stitching Clothes and a Culture of Non-Violence in India’s Garment Factories. Care2 (12 October 2014) via UN Women. According to studies by Fair Wear Foundation, violence against women is widespread in India’s garment factories. LATIN AMERICA. It’s time to empower female entrepreneurs in Latin America. Here’s how. Fusion (12 October 2014) by Abby Rogers. Recently,… Read more »
(English) PAKISTAN. Provinces asked to adopt all laws on labour. Daily Times (27 September 2014). Speakers at Labour Conference on Friday demanded that all the laws related to labour should be adopted by the provinces because after 18th Amendment in the Constitution, labour is now a subject of provinces. SOUTH AFRICA. Class, race and the new native. Mail… Read more »
(English) USA. Rethinking an awful idea. Providence Journal (20 July 2014). A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the government’s power to coerce union dues and fees from some workers has clouded an already ill-conceived Rhode Island law that lets home-based child-care providers unionize. PAKISTAN. Dialogue: MPA invites reaction to statement on ‘women’s little hard… Read more »
(English) GHANA. Ghana in Retrospect. All Africa (4 July 2014) by Frank Asante. Ghana has progressed in many fronts of national life in terms of development since independence. In the same measure, we have retrogressed in development generally. ZIMBABWE. Zimbabwe: Taking Ownership. All Africa (3 July 2014). Zimbabwe’s informal sector is pegged at 46 percent compared to… Read more »
(English) PAKISTAN. Punjab commission on status of women starts work. The International News (21 June 2014) by Meeran Karim. Talking to The News, PCSW Chairperson Viqar said the Commission will act as a much needed watchdog to examine government’s work in the arena of women rights and provide feedback on this basis. BULGARIA. Bulgaria Is “The Sewing… Read more »
