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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

How Digital Borders Are Creating a New Class of Invisible Refugees

How Digital Borders Are Creating a New Class of Invisible Refugees

“Digital borders” are quietly reshaping power, rights, and access in the online world. Instead of fences and checkpoints, these borders are built with VPN bans, mandatory online ID, and financial deplatforming. Being locked out by

Over commitment Cycle: Why Saying Yes to Everything Leads to Burnout Collapse

Over commitment Cycle: Why Saying Yes to Everything Leads to Burnout Collapse

The overcommitment cycle is a modern productivity trap that pushes high achievers toward burnout collapse. In a culture that glorifies hustle, saying yes to everything can feel like the only way to stay relevant, grow

85% Struggle Globally: Hybrid Blur Fuels Burnout Despite Wellness Promises

85% Struggle Globally: Hybrid Blur Fuels Burnout Despite Wellness Promises

Hybrid work was meant to be the perfect middle ground: flexibility of remote work blended with the collaboration of office life. Instead, for 85% of employees globally, it has created a confusing “hybrid blur” where