No climate justice without labour justice. A green transition built on exploitation is neither just nor sustainable. Read Equidem’s Climate Week statement 👉 equidem.org/climate-week...

1000s of Nepali workers are being sent abroad on visit visas, only to end up in undocumented, unsafe, & exploitative jobs. In his latest piece, Rameshwar Nepal of Equidem exposes how corruption& collusion fuel this system and why urgent reforms are needed. english.onlinekhabar.com/visit-visas-...

Read Equidem’s latest blog, released in the context of the UN’s June 2025 call urging states to guarantee decent work and labour protections for migrant domestic workers. equidem.org/a-house-of-l...

What happens when AI workers are exposed to trauma—and silenced by NDAs? In the Jacobin, Equidem’s Shikha & Nandita reveal how tech firms are fueling a public health crisis by hiding the harm faced by content moderators & data labelers. jacobin.com/2025/06/ai-m...

AI depends on invisible and exploited labour. In a new blog for the Institute for Human Rights and Business, Eiffel Abedin from Equidem, expose the harsh, often traumatic conditions faced by content moderators and data labelers across the Global South. 📖 www.ihrb.org/latest/conte...

In Tech Policy Press, Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee and Nandita Shivakumar, drawing on Equidem's latest report, unpack how Big Tech weaponizes NDAs to suppress workers trauma, block labour organizing & dodge corporate accountability. 📰 Read: techpolicy.press/how-ndas-bec...

On #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay, we honour the 75 million domestic workers who keep families, homes, and communities running — yet remain invisible, undervalued, and unprotected.

Today on #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay, Equidem joins rights groups urging Saudi Arabia to protect over 4M migrant domestic workers — including 1.2M women. We demand: ⚖️ Equal labour rights 🛑 End to kafala 📜 Ratify ILO Conventions 189 & 190 👁️ Real enforcement & oversight of workers rights

🚨 Just published: a powerful piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social co-authored by our Equidem CEO Mustafa Qadri, alongside fellow organizers Chandan Kumar, Anousha Peters, and Aju John—all on the front lines of the fight for platform worker rights. www.techpolicy.press/gig-workers-...

JUST LAUNCHED: Joint Declaration on Decent Work in the Platform Economy As the International Labour Conference 2025 begins we stand united with global unions, CSOs & grassroots worker organizations in calling for strong international standards to protect platform workers. equidem.org/joint-declar...

📢 Happening today! 🕐 10 AM EST I 5 PM EAT 📲 Register now: us05web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🎤 Speakers include: ▪️ Two former content moderators ▪️ Ephantus Kanyugi, Data Labelers Association ▪️ Eric Mwezi Manzi, ITUC ▪️ Mylene Cabalona, BIEN Pilipinas ▪️ Mustafa Qadri, Equidem

This Wednesday, we’re launching one of the most important multi-country investigations into the digital labour powering today’s tech. 'Scroll. Click. Suffer' exposes the brutal realities faced by the invisible workforce behind your AI tools and platforms. Register: us05web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, on International Workers’ Day, we pause to honour the strength and courage of workers everywhere. A better world is not just possible — it’s necessary. And together, we will build it.

“We were promised hospital jobs. Instead, we were trafficked, abused, and abandoned.” That’s what Kenyan nurses in Saudi Arabia told Geoffrey Otieno—our colleague + survivor of modern slavery. He helped them return home. 👉 Full story: equidem.org/betrayed-abr...

Martha Waithira, a former domestic worker in #Qatar and an investigator with #Equidem, delivered a powerful speech to the 58th session of the Human Rights Council on the outcomes of Qatar’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on behalf of the Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf./1

📢 Saudi Arabia Chairs the UN Commission on the Status of Women – While Abusing Migrant Women Workers New Equidem Briefing paper Exposes the Truth. Read now : equidem.org/reports/shat...

1️⃣ 📢New Equidem Brief As Saudi Arabia chairs the UN Commission on the Status of Women, Equidem exposes forced labour, gender-based violence & racial discrimination against Ethiopian, Kenyan & Ugandan women in the Gulf. 📢 Read: equidem.org/reports/shat...

Migrant workers in the GCC have limited access to legal or governmental protection to exercise their labor rights. That’s why we formed the first-ever labor-led coalition fighting for the rights of migrant workers in the Gulf. Check out our new website to learn more: laborjusticegulfmigrants.org

The Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf is excited to launch its website: a hub for global advocacy & action to demand labor justice for 31 million migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. laborjusticegulfmigrants.org

New research by Equidem & BHRRC exposes labor abuse in Gulf renewable energy projects: ❗ 60–72 hour workweeks ❗ Up to 19 workers crammed into single rooms ❗ Subcontracting to dodge labour protections 🌍 Can clean energy be sustainable if built on exploitation? 📖 Read: www.equidem.org/reports/rush...

🌡️ A Deadly Threshold: Workers at Risk Across industrial sectors, workers are enduring extreme heat as wet-bulb temperatures exceed the safe threshold of 32.1°C—conditions where the body’s cooling system fails, leading to severe health risks and even death. 🧵

🧵 1/3 As Gulf countries race to build solar farms and wind turbines, the human cost of this "green" transformation remains hidden. Many workers first fled climate disasters in their home countries - only to face temperatures of 55°C (131°F) while building renewable energy projects.

🔍 Honored to be featured in Devex News, highlighting our work at the crucial intersection of climate change and labor rights. Climate change is not only reshaping our environment—it’s also transforming workplaces and driving migration, with women and migrants bearing the brunt of its impacts./1

🚨 Equidem joins 20+ organizations in condemning FIFA's decision to award the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia. Ignoring the risks to workers, residents, and fans is a betrayal of FIFA’s own policies. This will lead to exploitation and injustice. #FIFA www.equidem.org/blogs/joint-...