New evidence of violations of workers’ rights in Bangladesh in three major economic sectors – the ready-made garment, shipbreaking, and leather sectors – reveals the impact of government inaction on the lives of working people. The report released by The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), ahead of the government’s latest progress report to the ILO Governing Body next week, shows the human face of a government’s failure to put in place labour protections. Interviews with workers in October and November 2021 show the systematic violations of rights, exposing: unfair labour practices;anti-union discrimination;unsafe workplaces;violence against workers; andnon-payment of wages and benefits.…
Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News
Hundreds of financial organizations that wanted to protect themselves against the sanctions on Russia have made thousands of queries recently, using the software a Financial Technology company located in Istanbul developed. Faced with an unprecedented level of sanctions on Russia, global banks are taking a dim view of business with all Russian entities and dropping clients if there is even a slight doubt on their ties to that country, said bankers and lawyers. The sanctions on Russia are the most powerful and costly punishments imposed on a major economy at least since the Cold War. Their speed, breadth and coordinated…
Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said that 15% of our pilots in India are women which is 3 times more than the global average. But this 15% is not good enough as women have surpassed various odds and stereotypes. He said that he firmly believe there must come a day in India that this 15% must reach 50% of our pilot strength in our country. For this to achieve, he said we must start from having easy access to STEM education to our young girls in their early education. He was chief guest at an event to acknowledge…
It is shocking, but human trafficking for the purpose of organ removal and organ trafficking persist around the world, with primary victims being political prisoners, ethnic and religious minorities, and other vulnerable people. Organ trafficking hotspots include China, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Brazil, Nepal, the Philippines, Kosovo, Iran, and former Soviet states in eastern Europe. Alarmingly, globally only seven countries have passed legislation to combat these horrific crimes. Today, we demand more countries follow suit to stop forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking once and for all. Forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking are interlinked crimes where organs are taken from victims through coercion or without informed consent and sold illegally, often making…
The Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy (WMD) condemns Vladimir Putin’s military aggression and invasion of Ukraine. It said that the Ukrainian people have inspired the world and we applaud their determination to defend their sovereignty, freedom, and democracy. It appreciated that They have set a new height for resiliency, and their ability to self-organize amid chaos and terror has been heroic. This is a result of Ukraine’s democratic experience since its independence in 1991 in nurturing and empowering a vibrant civil society, it added. WMD accused that Putin’s war is not just about dismantling democracy in Ukraine but is a war…
An all-India winter air quality analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says particulate pollution spiked and stayed elevated with varying intensity across all regions during the winter of 2021-22 (15 October to 28 February). Even though the overall regional averages of PM2.5 levels were lower than the previous winter in most regions, the winter smog episodes recorded severe spikes in several regions. Peak pollution was alarmingly high and synchronized, despite large distances within the regions – especially in the northern and eastern plains. The analysis has been done for the 2021-22 winter air quality tracker initiative…
March 15 is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in USA. The date represents how far into 2022 women would have to work to be paid the same amount that men were paid in 2021. US-based Economic Policy Institute (EPI) deplored that women were paid 22.1% less on average than men in 2021, after controlling for race and ethnicity, education, age, and geographic division. What’s particularly troubling is there has been little progress in closing the gender wage gap over much of the last three decades, as shown by…
In a desperate bid to escape from war, children from across Ukraine are being sent to cross borders, without their parents or their legal guardians. What happened to these children? Authorities are reporting that 5,000 are unaccounted for; fearing some may have been trafficked. A team of US military veterans is helping to organise safe passage for the estimated 200,000 children in Ukraine’s orphanages and foster homes. But they say thousands are unaccounted for and fear some may already have fallen prey to people traffickers. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that of the over 1.5 million refugees that have…
In the past five years, both news audiences and advertising revenues have moved in huge numbers to internet platforms, with only two companies – Google and Meta (formerly known as Facebook) – soaking up half of all global digital advertising spending. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) analysed media development trends from 2016 to 2021 and found that global newspaper advertising revenue has fallen by half during the five year period. The report indicates that news outlets often struggle to get clicks from readers that determine advertising revenue, and many find themselves “squeezed out” by the proliferation…
Nava Thakuria, Senior Journalist, Guwahati While four States (Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Goa and Uttarkhand) were won by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded State assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has achieved a major success in Punjab. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP won 92 seats out of 117 legislative assembly constituencies, crashing the Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal, Amarinder Singh’s newly launched party, etc Delhi chief minister Kejriwal nominated the party candidates in all seats of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Uttarkhand assembly polls. Born out of the Anna Hazare led anti-corruption movement in 2011, the party now wants to…