#06-23 Homecare Worker Protest … Working 24 hours but only paid for 13 is slavery
Audio from an April 2023 rally in New York City with homecare workers and their supporters protesting 24-hour shifts paid
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Labor
#39-22 Period Pride … Menstruation Celebration and Accommodation in India and Around the World
Various nations have passed new laws to accommodate menstruation, but Odisha (formerly Orissa) state in India has an annual celebration of
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#35-22 Girls’ Future in Uganda … Rebuilding society is a tall order
Women in Uganda’s Parliament are passing new laws that aim to protect children and women, and improve conditions at home,
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#32-22 SEWA – ELA BHATT’S LEGACY- PART 2
SEWA [pronounced SAY vah] is a sisterhood of about 2 million women, organized locally and by trades. It operates in
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#31-22 SEWA – ELA BHATT’S LEGACY- PART 1
In Gandhi’s birthplace, in 1972, a labor lawyer named Ela Bhatt [pronounced Eela But] gave birth to a union comprised
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#30-22 Enslaved in Kuwait: How 3 women from Cameroon regained their freedom
Believing recruiters’ lies, “Karine,” “Susan” and “Cynthia” flew to Kuwait for well-paying jobs, only to find themselves as housemaids forced
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