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Published in: 50.50Balkans women face closed clinics and unsafe abortions under COVID-19
Rights advocates and doctors warn that coronavirus has intensified long-standing obstacles to access, particularly...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs there a difference between a niqab and a face mask?
The prevalence of face masks to fight the COVID-19 pandemic might help spark a more constructive conversation on the niqab.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesIn Canada: who is really essential?
The one group of people for whom movement is most essential is the group most immobilized by this pandemic.
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Published in: HomeDemocracyWatch: Roma hit hard by coronavirus crackdown
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion"There's rules that apply to them, and there's rules that apply to you"
The Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in the UK has been hit hard by the crisis. #HumansofCOVID19
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPoverty or virus? Lebanon’s uprising continues despite the pandemic
Despite increasing protests, the coronavirus crisis remains a double-edged sword for the Lebanese uprising.
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat use is the military-industrial complex in the COVID-19 crisis?
The world spends almost $2 trillion a year on military forces, but they can’t fight the virus causing the biggest...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion“A disaster waiting to happen” - Traveller communities buckling from the impact of the pandemic
The UK's Gypsy and Traveller communities are being devastated by the pandemic.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA Libya story: pandemic and human rights in times of conflict
How does a fragmented state fight a global pandemic?
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIs the radical right spreading the coronavirus?
The radical right has always been good at spreading misinformation; now they might be spreading Covid-19.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesMigrant domestic and care workers: high risk but low protection
Despite the challenges, domestic and care workers are seizing the moment to build power and create a more caring society.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSolidarity and sharing in an unequal society: Covid-19 in the Philippines
As the cases of Covid-19 continue to grow in the Philippines the level of inequality in the country has become...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does it mean to be an urban refugee in Turkey during a pandemic?
In Turkey most refugees are spread across urban centers and they are among the most impacted by the economic...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Germany, the radical right is hit hard by the virus
The likelihood that Germany’s AfD is going to profit from the COVID-19 crisis are more than slim.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesCOVID-19: can technology become a tool of oppression and surveillance?
Technology is not inherently democratic and its human rights impacts are particularly important to consider in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationRevealed: Thousands at risk from COVID-19 in ‘dangerous’ UK call centres
Labour and Lib Dems urge government to stop firms playing ‘Russian roulette’ with workers’ lives – as ‘harrowing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationUK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deaths
Revealed: Hancock’s £60,000 scheme for bereaved families will accept ‘no liability’ for deaths – as lawyers warn...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow to fix the world
Beneath our current problems lies a deeper crisis: a crisis of imagination. But the ideas we need to fix the world...
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Published in: Migrant FuturesKeeping the Italian agri-food system alive: Migrant farmworkers wanted!
In the Italian agri-food sector there is not a labour shortage, but a shortage of rights for workers.
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Published in: ourEconomyIn times of climate breakdown, how do we value what matters?
The coronavirus has shown us who the key workers are. We need a new theory of value if we are to face an even bigger threat.