Covid-19 has indiscriminately shed light on the most vulnerable, undervalued, and underpaid of our society: migrant women working in the care sector. A new regime of inequality is observed at home, one between women –… [Read more]
Month: April 2020
The Making of a European Welfare State: A Vision for Investment to Overcome The Gendered Insider-Outsider Divide in Switzerland
For a country with high wages and an equally hefty price tag on living, the social divide in Swiss employment is a strong signal for policymakers globally that long-term investment in gender equality is essential… [Read more]
A Force to be Reckoned With: The Aurat Marchers of Pakistan
Aurat March – Urdu for ‘Women’s March’ – is an annual demonstration held on March 8th in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. Women, non-binary people, the LGBTQIA+ community, and cis male allies… [Read more]
One tariff to rule them all
The European Union wants to put a tariff on the CO2 content of imports. Can it protect both European industry and the global environment? Steel manufacturers are a resilient species. They are used to working… [Read more]
Decolonising French Feminism: A Work in Progress
Last November, the first high-profile #MeToo revelations sent shockwaves through the French cinema industry, dealing a serious blow to patriarchy. But fighting against the patriarchy cannot exist in isolation from the struggle against racism and… [Read more]
Going, Going, Gone: Trump’s Plan to Sell off US Infrastructure Projects to the Highest Bidder
Let’s face it, the USA’s infrastructure is crumbling. Though politicians across the aisle have been calling for massive transportation infrastructure projects for decades, nothing significant has stuck. Though it’s easy to blame Trump for this… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part II: The Protests
This is the second part of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. In this article, we talk about the rise of student protests in response to the Act. More than ninety days have… [Read more]