This garment continues to be a topic of great debate on the continent, in particular following an increase in the number of Muslim communities in many countries. August marked one year since the Netherlands banned wearing burqas in public places. But discontent continues between defenders and opponents of the veil. […]
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Bitter fruit: labour exploitation in Andalusia
Every year, thousands of Moroccan women move across the sea to Huelva in Andalusia, Spain for the soft fruit picking season. Often selected because they are widows or divorcees, the women arrive to find exploitative conditions including poor pay and accommodation. Ethical Consumer The city of Huelva is […]
The risk of suffering another year of hunger
The world’s food challenges are becoming increasi ngly severe, the result of a confluence of crises caused by climate disruption, conflict and economic pressures. It is known that during the first months of 2022, the number of hungry people in the world grew from 282 million to 345 million. […]
Street vendors during the pandemic
The informal sector has been most negatively impacted during the pandemic. With the Colombian government prioritising public health over livelihoods, a new study sheds some light on the hardship of street vendors during the pandemic and the deepening of their vulnerabilities.
Capitalism in crisis: Times of reform or of revolution
The scale of capitalism’s current crisis is giving rise to all sorts of predictions, from those who minimise in the extreme its most acute characteristics to those who forecast a sort of ‘final crisis’. Juan Diego García These affirmations, which range from a sort of responsible pragmatism to […]
















