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Japan’s ministry of health and welfare has called on the public to sleep longer and better after two recent reports determined that Japanese people are not getting enough shut-eye. And …
Japan’s sleep-deprived employees embrace the workplace nap Read More
Pakistan’s mobile assembly industry was poised to take off, but a foreign exchange crisis caused the nascent, import-dependent sector to crash. Only 10.6 million phones have been manufactured so far …
Laid-off workers hesitate to rejoin Pakistan’s yo-yoing phone assembly industry Read More
How a locked door gave a young Verity a momentary release, but left her trapped under a glass ceiling. Vivaldi had four seasons. In Britain we have five: spring, summer, …
The ironic lady Read More
Despite Doon Mackichan’s description of her memoir of a life in show business, My Lady Parts, as a “dry feminist rant” it is rather moist and delicious. Review by Annee …
A call to rage Read More
Katy Wiese argues that the US has pointed the way to an economy that is just and fair to people and nature, and Europe now should go the distance. Feminist …
Green through a feminist lens Read More
Mehak Majeed tells of the race against expectations that female Indian academics must run. As an economist at a Kashmir-based university in India, I have experienced first hand the cost …
A woman’s place in India Read More
LONDON — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s trade deal with India will not include legally enforceable commitments on labor rights or environmental standards, five people briefed on the text have told …
Rishi Sunak to sign UK-India trade deal without binding worker or environment pledges Read More
H&M, the world’s second-largest fashion retailer, is investigating 20 alleged instances of labour abuse at Myanmar garment factories that supply it, Reuters news agency has reported, just weeks after Zara-owner Inditex, the …
H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies Read More
There has been much talk for a while about offices heading for the buffers. The nightmare scenario is many thousands of office buildings being deemed virtually worthless as leases come up for …
Offices: how bad will the coming property crunch be? Read More
Güines, Mayabeque – “Capitalism must be uprooted, parasitism must be uprooted, the exploitation of man must be uprooted,” cried Fidel Castro in 1968 to rapturous applause, explaining his decision to ban …
As Cuba’s private sector roars back, choices and inequality rise Read More