International Equal Pay Day: We need a new social contract to close the gender pay gap
On International Equal Pay Day, 18 September, the ITUC calls on all governments to adopt laws and reforms to close…
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EPISODE 1: The rise of platforms | Uma Rani (ILO)
EPISODE 2: Regulating platform work | Uma Rani EPISODE 3: Platform work and equality | Uma Rani EPISODE 4: Platforms,…
World Day for Decent Work: Wage Justice
This year’s World Day for Decent Work, 7 October, is dedicated to the millions of workers around the world seeking…
NEW CIVIL SOCIETY REPORT ON UZBEKISTAN CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY AND CSO PARTICIPATION IN ASSET RECOVERY PROCESSES
The report outlines how, despite efforts to increase transparency and accountability in public procurement and public sector hiring, gaps in…
New Regulations in Uzbekistan Effectively Impose Government Control on NGOs
Will international donors legitimize Uzbekistan’s tightening grip on civil society?
Anti-union laws have punished Kazakhstan’s workers. But the fight isn’t over
Nationwide protests rocked Kazakhstan earlier this year, starting with an anti-inflation demo in the western town of Zhanaozen on 2…
Government apologized to well-known journalists Seitkazy and Aset Matayev
Astana. July 19. KazTAG – The government has apologized to well-known Kazakhstani journalists Seitkazy and Aset Matayev, who had been…
Turkmenistan: Systematic Forced Labor in the 2021 Cotton Harvest
European governments and the United States should take urgent measures to block cotton products made with forced labor in Turkmenistan…
ILLEGAL LAND CONFISCATIONS IN UZBEKISTAN: FARMERS IN NAMANGAN FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOODS
The modernization of agriculture in Uzbekistan, for which Uzbekistan has received millions of dollars in investment by multilateral development banks,…