Promoting Worker Rights Worldwide
July 10, 2023
Media Mentions & News

A daily digest of major media coverage of issues that affect workers, workers' rights, and workers' organizations overseas; discuss the impact of globalization; or mention the work of the Solidarity Center.
Solidarity Center
In the News (#IntheNews)
Thematic
Workers & Worker Rights (#WorkersWorkersRights) | Austerity, Economic News & Trade (#AusterityEconomicNewsTrade) |
Civil Unrest & Protests (#CivilUnrestProtests) | Climate Change & Environment (#ClimateChange) | Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance (#CorruptionCorporateMalfeasance) | Democracy & Authoritarianism (#DemocracyAuthoritarianism) | Gender Inequality (#GenderInequality) | Human Rights (#HumanRights) | Humanitarian Crises (#HumanitarianCrises) | Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice (#InequalityPovertySocialJustice) | Labor Migration & Human Trafficking (#LaborMigrationHumanTrafficking) | Multinationals & Supply Chains (#MultinationalsSupplyChains) | Publications (#Publications)
Regional
Africa (#Africa) | Americas and Caribbean (#Americas) | Asia (#Asia) |
Central Europe, Russia & Central Asia (#EasternEuropeRussiaCentralAsia) | Middle East & North Africa (#MiddleEastNorthAfrica)
SOLIDARITY CENTER
In the News
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Organize to Stay Alive, NLC Tells Unions ([link removed])
The president-general of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, noted that, “Organizing is at the heart of every trade union struggle," at a four-day organizing academy, supported by the Solidarity Center.

Between Trade Unionism, Conflict Management in Workplace ([link removed])
To strengthen the movement and renew its vigor in trade unionism, state councils chairpersons of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), South region are currently undergoing training, to build their capacities in various areas, through the support of the Solidarity Center.
THEMATIC
Workers & Worker Rights
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South African Workers March Against Socioeconomic Crisis ([link removed])
Boats Carrying More Than 300 Migrants Missing near Canary Islands ([link removed]) (from Senegal)
We Must Act Now to Avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Eastern Chad: IOM DDG Ugochi Daniels ([link removed]) (migrants from Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda)
Migration Within Africa: a New Series on New Homes Close to Home ([link removed])
Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa ([link removed])
U.S. Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo ([link removed])
NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl., DRC, Indonesia, Peru, Myanmar, Zimbabwe)
Human Rights Watch Urges Tunisia to Stop Expelling Migrants to Desert ([link removed])
Migration 'Only Option' for Many in Latin America: Food Aid Chief ([link removed])
For Migrant Girls, New Lives in U.S. Bring Risk of Sexual Abuse ([link removed])
Peru: Afghan Migrants Rescued from People Traffickers ([link removed])
Bangladesh Is One of the World’s Worst Countries for Workers ([link removed])
Migrants in Malaysia: Hundreds Left Stranded in Recruitment Scam ([link removed]) (from Cambodia)
DOLE Pays 1.8K TUPAD Beneficiaries in S. Kudarat ([link removed]) (Philippines)
Child Laborers’ Parents Undergo Skills Training ([link removed]) (Philippines)
Women Entrepreneurship in India: How Women-Led Startups Bridge the Gender Funding Gap? ([link removed])
Major Garment Producer Nations Named ‘Worst’ for Worker Rights ([link removed]) (incl. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkey)
Boat Sinking Off Tunisia Leaves One Dead, at Least 10 Migrants Missing ([link removed])
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Austerity, Economic News & Trade
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South African Workers March Against Socioeconomic Crisis ([link removed])

Civil Unrest & Protests
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South African Workers March Against Socioeconomic Crisis ([link removed])

Climate Change & Environment
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Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa ([link removed])
Planting the Seeds for Environmental Activism in Kyrgyzstan ([link removed])
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Corruption & Corporate Malfeasance
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NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl. DRC, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru and Zimbabwe)

Democracy & Authoritarianism
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Shavkat Mirziyoyev Wins Prez Elections in Uzbekistan According to Preliminary Data ([link removed])

Gender Inequality
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‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexual Assault and Abduction in Sudan War: Save the Children ([link removed])
For Migrant Girls, New Lives in U.S. Bring Risk of Sexual Abuse ([link removed])
Women Entrepreneurship in India: How Women-Led Startups Bridge the Gender Funding Gap? ([link removed])
How UNFPA Is Engaging Men and Boys to Shift Damaging Attitudes and Further Gender Equality ([link removed]) (Azerbaijan and Vietnam)

Human Rights
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‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexual Assault and Abduction in Sudan War: Save the Children ([link removed])

Humanitarian Crises
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We Must Act Now to Avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Eastern Chad: IOM DDG Ugochi Daniels ([link removed]) (migrants from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Uganda, Niger and Uganda)
Migration An Emergency for Humanitarian Reasons Not Numbers, IOM ([link removed])

Inequality, Poverty & Social Justice
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Migration 'Only Option' for Many in Latin America: Food Aid Chief ([link removed])
DOLE Pays 1.8K TUPAD Beneficiaries in S. Kudarat ([link removed]) (Philippines)
Child Laborers’ Parents Undergo Skills Training ([link removed]) (Philippines)

Labor Migration & Human Trafficking
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Boats Carrying More Than 300 Migrants Missing near Canary Islands ([link removed]) (from Senegal)
We Must Act Now to Avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Eastern Chad: IOM DDG Ugochi Daniels ([link removed]) (migrants from Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda)
Migration Within Africa: a New Series on New Homes Close to Home ([link removed])
Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa ([link removed])
Migration 'Only Option' for Many in Latin America: Food Aid Chief ([link removed])
For Migrant Girls, New Lives in U.S. Bring Risk of Sexual Abuse ([link removed])
Peru: Afghan Migrants Rescued from People Traffickers ([link removed])
Migrants in Malaysia: Hundreds Left Stranded in Recruitment Scam ([link removed]) (from Cambodia)
Human Rights Watch Urges Tunisia to Stop Expelling Migrants to Desert ([link removed])
Boat Sinking Off Tunisia Leaves One Dead, at Least 10 Migrants Missing ([link removed])

Multinationals & Supply Chains
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U.S. Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo ([link removed])
NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl. DRC, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru and Zimbabwe)
Major Garment Producer Nations Named ‘Worst’ for Worker Rights ([link removed]) (incl. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkey)

Publications
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New ILO Study Highlights Steps to Strengthen Decent Work in Malaysia’s Rubber Glove Supply Chain ([link removed])
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REGIONAL
Africa
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U.S. Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo ([link removed])
NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl. DRC, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru and Zimbabwe)
South African Workers March Against Socioeconomic Crisis ([link removed])
Migration Within Africa: a New Series on New Homes Close to Home ([link removed])
Anticipating and Tracking Climate Refugees in a Warming Africa ([link removed])
Human Rights Watch Urges Tunisia to Stop Expelling Migrants to Desert ([link removed])
Boats Carrying More Than 300 Migrants Missing near Canary Islands ([link removed]) (from Senegal)
We Must Act Now to Avert a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Eastern Chad: IOM DDG Ugochi Daniels ([link removed]) (migrants from Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda)
‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexual Assault and Abduction in Sudan War: Save the Children ([link removed])
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Americas & Caribbean
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Migration 'Only Option' for Many in Latin America: Food Aid Chief ([link removed])
For Migrant Girls, New Lives in U.S. Bring Risk of Sexual Abuse ([link removed])
Peru: Afghan Migrants Rescued from People Traffickers ([link removed])
U.S. Measure Would Ban Products Containing Mineral Mined with Child Labor in Congo ([link removed])
NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl. DRC, Indonesia, Myanmar, Peru and Zimbabwe)
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Asia
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Major Garment Producer Nations Named ‘Worst’ for Worker Rights ([link removed]) (incl. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkey)
Bangladesh Is One of the World’s Worst Countries for Workers ([link removed])
New ILO Study Highlights Steps to Strengthen Decent Work in Malaysia’s Rubber Glove Supply Chain ([link removed])
Migrants in Malaysia: Hundreds Left Stranded in Recruitment Scam ([link removed]) (from Cambodia)
DOLE Pays 1.8K TUPAD Beneficiaries in S. Kudarat ([link removed]) (Philippines)
Child Laborers’ Parents Undergo Skills Training ([link removed]) (Philippines)
Women Entrepreneurship in India: How Women-Led Startups Bridge the Gender Funding Gap? ([link removed])
How UNFPA Is Engaging Men and Boys to Shift Damaging Attitudes and Further Gender Equality ([link removed]) (Azerbaijan and Vietnam)
NGO Accuses Chinese Renewables Firms of Abuses in 18 Countries ([link removed]) (incl. Indonesia, Peru, DRC, Myanmar and Zimbabwe)
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Central Europe, Russia & Central Asia
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Planting the Seeds for Environmental Activism in Kyrgyzstan ([link removed])
Shavkat Mirziyoyev Wins Prez Elections in Uzbekistan According to Preliminary Data ([link removed])
Major Garment Producer Nations Named ‘Worst’ for Worker Rights ([link removed]) (incl. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkey)
How UNFPA Is Engaging Men and Boys to Shift Damaging Attitudes and Further Gender Equality ([link removed]) (Azerbaijan and Vietnam)
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])

Middle East & North Africa
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Human Rights Watch Urges Tunisia to Stop Expelling Migrants to Desert ([link removed])
Boat Sinking Off Tunisia Leaves One Dead, at Least 10 Migrants Missing ([link removed])
‘Alarming’ Increase in Sexual Assault and Abduction in Sudan War: Save the Children ([link removed])
Green Transition Offers Chance to Improve Work Conditions ([link removed])
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