Fashion brands urged to fix “broken industry” with pledge on workers’ pay
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Fashion brands should fix their “broken industry” by ensuring millions of pandemic-hit workers receive their full wages and by guaranteeing severance pay if jobs are cut, a coalition of more than 200 rights groups said on Monday. The #PayYourWorkers campaign said brands and retailers that made a profit in 2020 – like […]
Marriage – equal?
I’ve been happily married for 25 years this year. What have I learnt that I can share with you? PICTURE: Ryan Franco/Unsplash You have to marry your equal. Your best friend. And you have to see them as that. Now, of course you’re not actually equal. You’re taller, she’s smarter. You’re stronger, she’s more caring. […]
No trees, no crops, no jobs: Burkina Faso’s women fall back on hard labour
SAM MEDNICK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the impact of drought and desertification on women in the landlocked West African nation…
Greeks fly kites for ‘Clean Monday’ holiday despite pandemic
Athens, GreeceAP Colourful kites danced in the skies above the hilltops and seafront promenades of Athens on Clean Monday as Greeks turned out to celebrate the Eastern Christian holiday in their traditional fashion after being hit hard by the pandemic during the winter. The country is still in lockdown, with most retail businesses shut and […]
Essay: Biden promised to end “forever wars”. Then he bombed Syria.
In an article first published on Religion News Service, DIANE RANDALL, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation – a national US non-partisan Quaker lobby for peace, justice and the environment, calls for the US to make peace – not war – its priority…