Declining Female Work Participation in India: What does the Periodic Labour Force Survey Tell Us?
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Declining Female Work Participation in India: What does the Periodic Labour Force Survey Tell Us?

Women’s participation in the workforce has hugely declined over the period 2004-05 to 2018-19. The work participation rate (WPR) of women in the 15-59 age group has declined by 19.2 percent over this period, and there is a nearly 50 percentage point gap between males and female WPRs.

‘I Can’t Earn More than Rs 125 a Day No Matter How Hard I Work’
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‘I Can’t Earn More than Rs 125 a Day No Matter How Hard I Work’

India’s 96 million informal workers fight gender bias and pay gaps. An examination of the situation in the textiles and garments sector, where many women workers put in over 12 hours a day, six days a week, but do not have the negotiating power to demand better wages or working conditions.

Failure to Rapidly ‘Vaccinate the World’ May Lead to Covid-19 Mutations; The Rich Have Enough Money to Vaccinate the World – Two Articles
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Failure to Rapidly ‘Vaccinate the World’ May Lead to Covid-19 Mutations; The Rich Have Enough Money to Vaccinate the World – Two Articles

Experts warn: failure to rapidly ‘vaccinate the world’ may lead to Covid-19 mutations proliferating widely enough to make a majority of first-generation vaccines ineffective; Global billionaire wealth surged $4 trillion during pandemic, while cost of vaccinating the world is only $141.2 billion.

Tax the Rich; They are Paying Very Little Taxes; Warren Unveils Tax on Billionaires – Three Articles
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Tax the Rich; They are Paying Very Little Taxes; Warren Unveils Tax on Billionaires – Three Articles

Let’s actually tax the rich?; New Study: ultra-wealthy are paying even less taxes than you think; To help fund Covid recovery and redress inequality, Warren unveils wealth tax on ‘ultra-millionaires’ and billionaires.

“Poor Rich Haiti” or How Imperialists and Local Oligarchy have Sought to Destroy Agriculture in Haiti
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“Poor Rich Haiti” or How Imperialists and Local Oligarchy have Sought to Destroy Agriculture in Haiti

An exploration of the reconstruction of Haiti after 2010, focussed mainly on the the destruction of peasant farming, to the benefit of western corporations and their allies in Haiti.

Erdoğan Starts a Political Earthquake in Turkey
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Erdoğan Starts a Political Earthquake in Turkey

Significant developments are underway in Turkey. Most ominously, the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has moved toward the banning of one of the country’s main opposition parties, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).

Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment
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Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment

The loss of soil organic matter and the corresponding massive carbon relocation to the atmosphere (as carbon dioxide) constitutes the soil carbon rift. It ultimately leads to severe degradation of soil. It is estimated that about one-third of the world’s soils have become significantly degraded.