This paper explores the impacts and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on women migrant workers. It examines how the global health crisis has both amplified existing gender dynamics and created …
Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says independent UN rights panel
‘Left to die’ Citing reports of ill-treatment and torture “every single day in detention camps”, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers raised the alarm over facilities in Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia …
UN plans to make you a ‘gig’ worker with Uber style contracts
It seems UN management are bringing forward plans that, if implemented, will rip up long-established, secure standards of employment and replace them with a model that follows much of the …
How can we better protect migrant workers in the next global crisis?
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, a massive global migration began. While attention focused on vacationers trapped in paradise, or the crowds of expats at airports, millions of Asian migrant workers were also on the move, …
Alphabet to fund $310 million diversity initiative to settle sexual misconduct lawsuit from shareholders
Google parent Alphabet has agreed to commit $310 million to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives as part of a settlement for a series of sexual harassment and misconduct lawsuits filed …
ITUC for New Social Contract between workers, government and business.
“Implementing a New Social Contract would make sure that that rights are respected, jobs are decent with minimum living wages and collective bargaining, social protection is universal, due diligence and …
Observación relativa al derecho de reunión pacífica del Comité de Derechos Humanos-PIDCP
El 17 de septiembre de 2020, el Comité de Derechos Humanos del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos de Naciones Unidas emitió la Observación General No. 37, relativa al …
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