The government’s pursuit of people without identity papers has made the immigrant community fearful going to work. They do not know that they can refuse to show papers. Olga Briasco At the entrance to one of the London Tube lines, police from the Home Office are asking for […]
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Reyna Isabel Tejada: Women, maquilas and violence
The maquila industry is one of the main economic activities in the northern regions of Honduras. There, hundreds of women work endless days, and are often made the victims of abuse. Benjamin Serra Municipalities to the north of the country such as San Pedro Sula, Villanueva and Choloma […]
The unbreakable vow, Capitalism: our love affair
A ‘love’ that will be lasting our lifetimes. An individual’s relationship with capitalism is very much a passionate, emotional love affair, similar to those read in books and watched on the silver screen. We are so fervent in our consuming that we turn in desperation to loans and lending. […]
Domestic violence: the dark side of the migrant dream
Immigrant women who suffer from domestic abuse in a new and alien country live hellishly isolated in their own homes. They have no-one to turn to and feel obliged to stay with their partners, who they economically and socially depend on. _ Miriam Valero Many immigrant women who suffer […]
Women: productive and undervalued producers
They contribute to an economy that ignores them, that fails to recognise their efforts, that condemns them to poverty and that perpetuates the regressive role of mother – worker – domestic, even though women have jobs outside of the home. _ Ana Galera As Caroline Sweetman says “The feminist […]
















