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WR News Writer is an engineer turned professionally trained writer who has a strong voice in her writing. She speaks on issues of migrant workers, human rights, and more.

COVID-19 laws are strangling garment workers

COVID-19 laws are strangling garment workers

Workers' rights activists denounce that laws to stem the spread of Covid-19 are being used to silence garment workers in Myanmar and around the world. Since March, thousands of unionized textile workers have been laid

U.S. Embassy in Tunisia announces the completion of the Training Center for Feed Manufacturing

U.S. Embassy in Tunisia announces the completion of the Training Center for Feed Manufacturing

The Embassy of United States in Tunisia announced yesterday the successful completion of the “Tunisian Training Center for Feed Manufacturing” during a meeting between the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, Donald Blome, the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Akissa Bahri,

Concern for the Italian fishermen arrested in Libya

Concern for the Italian fishermen arrested in Libya

"Our seafarers are well; they are regularly followed by a doctor. The medicines have always been delivered. There is no health problem or of any other kind. They are in a situation that is not

Korea. Migrant workers live in a modern-day slavery

Korea. Migrant workers live in a modern-day slavery

Migrant workers in Korea denounce inhuman conditions that the local newspaper "The Korea Herald" defines as modern slavery. The 16-year-old system is creating an uneven playing field for migrant workers, already vulnerable to abusive practices

U.S. Embassy in Libya announces Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2021 Competition

U.S. Embassy in Libya announces Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2021 Competition

The U.S. Embassy in Libya announced on its official website the call for project proposals ranging from $10,000 to $500,000 for the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2021 Competition. U.S. ambassadors in eligible countries may submit

The British condemn the new military agreement with Doha

The British condemn the new military agreement with Doha

After the unsuccessful interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, Europeans continue to ask their governments not to finance further military campaigns and to not sell weapons to bloody regimes like Qatar, which use

The XX edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is starting

The XX edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World is starting

Italian embassies and cultural centers worldwide are announcing the XX edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World (October 19-25, 2020) start. The event that aims to promote knowledge of the language,

Pakistani migrant workers struggle to survive after lockdown

Pakistani migrant workers struggle to survive after lockdown

Thousands of Pakistani migrant workers lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the virus in the Gulf countries has forced thousands of Pakistani workers to return home

Inhuman conditions of migrant workers in detention camps

Inhuman conditions of migrant workers in detention camps

The United Nations Committee on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, which monitors compliance by all countries with the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights

Post-pandemic future of work-life balance

Post-pandemic future of work-life balance

People's perspectives about work-life balance have always been divided. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has reimagined the way we work blurring the line between work and life. Several questions are being raised about the changing dynamics