Global pay gap will take 202 years to close, says World Economic Forum
Gender equality has stalled, says WEF, as women globally are paid 63% of what men get
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Oxfam criticises World Bank for backing deregulated labour markets
World Development Report dismisses concern about growing income inequality, say critics
Read moreAdani builds coal-fired power plant in India to send energy to Bangladesh
But is it a genuine energy solution – or just a prop for the Carmichael mine?
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Read moreJust 4% of what Australians spend on clothing goes to garment workers – Oxfam
Report adds to pressure on Australia’s big clothing retailers, including Kmart, Big W, and Target, to act faster on their ethical sourcing programs
Read moreSustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act?
Four years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a burgeoning collection of cool but ethical brands have launched to target the socially conscious young consumer. But there is still a long way to go
Read moreFinally, a breakthrough alternative to growth economics – the doughnut
Instead of growth at all costs, a new economic model allows us to thrive while saving the planet
Read moreKolkata: the city that eats fish reared on sewage
Farmers rear sewage-fed fish to meet the West Bengal city’s growing food demand in the face of competition for wastewater and real estate
Read moreTextile firms paying UK workers £3 per hour, investigation finds
Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals River Island, New Look, Boohoo and Missguided used factories paying workers between £3 and £3.50 an hour
Read moreDhaka’s Dickensian workhouses should shame us all
A damning study says children in the slums of Bangladesh work over 42 hours a week, often at factories supplying to the west
Read moreWhat Bangladesh can do to help garment workers
Letters: Bangladesh must diversify its economy to create better jobs and strengthen workers’ rights so that women have more job options for a better future
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