Lately, I am getting more and more confused about the concept of human traffic as applied to women migrating to work. What is the difference between human traffic and smuggling? What is the difference between human traffic and abusive work conditions...
Lire la suiteBrussels, 26-27/09/2005- Joint EC-OECD seminar on "Migrant women and the labour market" The aim of the seminar on "Migrant women and the labour market: diversity and challenges" was to gain a better understanding of migrant women's position in the labour...
Lire la suiteToday, women constitute almost half of all international migrants worldwide—95 million. Yet, despite contributions to poverty reduction and struggling economies, it is only recently that the international community has begun to grasp the significance...
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We edited the first images we have. They still need context, but some of them are very beautiful: an Ethiopian Christian mass in Beirut filled with dancing a singing women celebrating St. Gabriel, a kindergarten full of migrant children showing a form...
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Daughters of the Republic A talk with Sihem Habchi, vice-president of "Ni Putes, Ni Soumises" Tension is in the air in the headquarters of "ni putes ni soumises" in Paris . The women and men sitting side by side in the crammed offices have only one thing...
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Productive work produces profit in the capitalist system. But because workers need to eat, sleep and reproduce themselves to ensure that also tomorrow they will be able to contribute productively to society they need someone to take care of these domestic...
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In June 2003, Walid, Steph and me went to an Ethiopian religious ceremony, the festivity of St. Gabriel in a church in Beirut. As the ethiopian community in Lebanon consists almost exclusively of women, the ceremony included but one man: the priest, especially...
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