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February 11, 2025
From app to activism: Telangana’s gig and platform workers demand change
by
Mohd Abdul Mazhar Afsar
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2 min read
January 10, 2025
The road to safety and security for migrant workers
The migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown was a wake-up call for policy makers that certain long-term and systemic practices and approaches need to be adopted for internal migration in the country
by
Johnson Topno
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5 min read
November 21, 2024
Paper cut: The impact of climate change on Kashmiri paper mache
by
Ajaz Ahmad Dar
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2 min read
September 10, 2024
Freedom denied: Why workers in Pune are pushed into bonded labour
by
Akash Shivaji Tanpure
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2 min read
July 17, 2024
Photo essay: Industrialisation pushes Ennore towards destruction
Once a fertile wetland, Ennore is going through an environmental crisis due to decades of industrial pollution, severely impacting people's health and livelihoods.
by
K Hairu Nisha
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K Noor Nisha
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7 min read
January 23, 2024
Lessons from a livelihoods pilot in Guinea
BRAC’s Graduation Approach has been used to build livelihoods for those in extreme poverty. Here are lessons from its application in restoring the livelihoods of a community relocated due to mining.
by
Anton Simanowitz
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6 min read
November 21, 2023
Photo essay: Workers in the boiler factories of Ahmedabad
As boiler factories in Ahmedabad flout norms, the workers carry on with their jobs in hot, humid, and extremely unsafe conditions.
by
Bhargav Oza
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6 min read
September 1, 2023
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by
Shayra Bano
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2 min read
August 18, 2023
Combating the effects of poor air quality on outdoor workers
Security guards, safai karamcharis, and waste pickers who spend a majority of their work hours outdoors are at a higher risk of lung diseases. Here’s how this can be addressed.
by
Shruti Sinha
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Bharati Chaturvedi
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4 min read
August 1, 2023
Can’t sell, can’t burn: Waste workers struggle with plastic wrappers
by
Shayra Bano
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2 min read
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