Petition to ALL governments A living wage for mothers and other carers Caring for others is the foundation of every society, yet this work, done mostly by women, is devalued and underfunded. We demand that: 1. Every worker be paid a living wage, including mothers and other carers. 2. National and international budgets redirect financial support …
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by Lewit Gemeda What kills 800 women a day? The Taliban? ISIS? No. The answer is childbirth. 800 women every day translates to 33 women per hour, 99% of which live in the developing world. For example, a woman in Sub-Saharan Africa faces a 1 in 40 chance of dying during childbirth, or dying due …
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by Alex Andreou The international game of chicken, being played out for the last five years, is reaching its climax. Alexis Tsipras has played a very bad hand extremely well, despite what doomsayers suggest Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, seemed to take the world by surprise last night when he announced that he would move …
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The global epidemic of violence against women and their systematic exclusion from the power structures that rule us are integral to man’s violent exploitation of Earth and her resources, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The fight to save the Earth must begin with the empowerment of women – and that means ending our complicity in their oppression, …
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