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Brand reputation vs real change: How 2025 due‑diligence and ESG talk often hides weak enforcement on forced labour and living wages

Brand reputation vs real change: How 2025 due‑diligence and ESG talk often hides weak enforcement on forced labour and living wages

More than ever in 2025, brand reputation will be directly linked to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Companies publish glossy sustainability reports, announce net‑zero timelines, and promise ethical supply chains. Yet behind this wave

Corporate capture of policy: When big tech, energy, and defence lobbies blunt or reshape human rights safeguards in new laws

Corporate capture of policy: When big tech, energy, and defence lobbies blunt or reshape human rights safeguards in new laws

In 2025, concerns about corporate capture of policy are intensifying as big tech, energy, and defence companies expand their lobbying power. Governments are introducing new laws on data protection, climate transition, supply chains, and security,

Displacement at record highs: What 122.6 million forcibly displaced people and expanding conflict zones mean for migrant safety

Displacement at record highs: What 122.6 million forcibly displaced people and expanding conflict zones mean for migrant safety

The number of people who have been forcibly displaced due to conflict, persecution and climate-related disasters has been high and is estimated to be at 122.6 million people globally. It is not only an increase

Global life‑work index 2025: What the best and worst‑ranked countries reveal about the real drivers of balance—hours, pay, childcare, and mental health support

Global life‑work index 2025: What the best and worst‑ranked countries reveal about the real drivers of balance—hours, pay, childcare, and mental health support

The Global Life -Work Index that will be used in 2025, throws a clearer light on what constitutes a healthy work-life balance. Beyond surface metrics like office perks or flexible log‑in times, the index examines

Gig Work After New Rules: Will EU-Style Platform Regulations Really Help Riders and Drivers in the Global South?

Gig Work After New Rules: Will EU-Style Platform Regulations Really Help Riders and Drivers in the Global South?

As the European Union pushes forward with tighter platform regulations, governments across the Global South are watching closely. Many hope that EU-style rules on gig work will inspire better protections for riders and drivers working

Inside the Struggle: How South Yemen Lives and Dreams Beyond Conflict

Inside the Struggle: How South Yemen Lives and Dreams Beyond Conflict

For years, our struggle in South Yemen has been reduced to headlines, maps, and slogans. Control of territory. Statements from leaders. Military developments. But that framing misses what matters most to us: how this struggle

Unions in the Digital Age: New Forms of Organizing via Messaging Apps, Social Media, and Cross-Border Campaigns

Unions in the Digital Age: New Forms of Organizing via Messaging Apps, Social Media, and Cross-Border Campaigns

Unions in the digital age are being reshaped by the same tools that transformed how we work and communicate. Messaging apps, social media, and cross-border campaigns now allow workers to coordinate in real time, share

Time, Energy, Attention: Why Real Work–Life Balance Means Managing All Three

Time, Energy, Attention: Why Real Work–Life Balance Means Managing All Three

Work–life balance is often sold as a simple numbers game: work fewer hours, feel less stressed, be happier. The truth is that balance is not only time but how you are spending your time, saving

Gender Inequality 2.0: From Unpaid Care Work to Digital Abuse, Why Women’s Rights Stories Never Really Age Out

Gender Inequality 2.0: From Unpaid Care Work to Digital Abuse, Why Women’s Rights Stories Never Really Age Out

Gender inequality 2.0 shows how old patterns of discrimination are evolving instead of disappearing. From unpaid care work at home to digital abuse online, women and girls continue to shoulder invisible burdens and new forms

Rights in the Age of Deepfakes: How Manipulated Videos Are Used to Silence Activists

Rights in the Age of Deepfakes: How Manipulated Videos Are Used to Silence Activists

Rights in the age of deepfakes are under unprecedented pressure. Hyper-realistic manipulated videos are no longer just tools for entertainment or misinformation—they are increasingly weaponized to justify crackdowns, arrests, and online smear campaigns against activists