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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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-...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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...

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How NDAs Became the AI Industry’s Tool for Surveillance and Silence | TechPolicy.Press

Nandita Shivakuma and Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee discuss the hidden labor supporting AI development and how NDAs silence these workers.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

It’s time to recognise domestic work as essential work — and ensure these workers receive dignity, fair wages, social protection, and legal rights wherever they are.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

✊🏽 From Nairobi to Manila to the Gulf, gig workers are organizing across borders. This piece is a launchpad for their collective vision of global justice. 🧠 Essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of work, labor rights, and tech accountability.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

But workers aren’t staying silent. In Geneva, alongside the official ILC, gig workers and organizers are hosting a counter gathering. Their goal: to challenge corporate narratives, center worker voices, and push for a global framework grounded in rights, dignity, and worker-led solutions.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

📍 As the International Labour Conference debates platform work, this piece lays it out clearly: the current system is failing gig workers. And the way AI is being built and deployed is only making things worse—used not to empower workers, but to surveil them, drive down pay, and block organizing.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🚨 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-...

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Gig Workers United: Reimagining Global Justice in the Era of AI | TechPolicy.Press

Platform workers from 28 countries meet in Geneva to ensure their voices are heard as the ILO discusses global labor standards for gig work.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

📣 The declaration calls for living wages, social security, health and safety protections, and proper employment classification for platform workers. It also demands algorithmic transparency, protection of workers data, the right to organise, and access to remedies for unfair decisions.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🧑🏾‍💻 From content moderators and data labellers to app-based drivers and delivery workers, millions power our digital economy—yet too many face poverty-level wages, algorithmic surveillance, and total lack of protections.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

📢 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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🎤 Hear directly from data workers ⚖️ See what justice could look like 🗣️ Speakers include Luc Triangle (ITUC), Mustafa_Qadri (Equidem) — more to be announced #DigitalLabour #HumanRights #Webinar #AI #ILC2025 #PlatformWork #LabourRights

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Join us on 28 May for the global launch of this report and a new policy brief — released ahead of the ILC meetings — calling for urgent action from Big Tech, governments, and investors to uphold the rights of platform workers.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

The report documents multiple forms of systemic violence embedded deep within the global digital supply chain. If you rely on AI or social media, you need to read this report to know what’s happening behind the screen.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Based on interviews with 113 workers in Colombia, Kenya, Ghana, and Philippines, the report reveals: ➤ PTSD and insomnia from moderating child abuse and violent content ➤ NDAs that silence trauma ➤ Union-busting and blacklisting These are not isolated incidents and they are far from the only ones.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

🌍 We're proud of Geoffrey and our Kenyan team who stand with survivors and fight for migrant workers' rights every day. ⚖️ But no one should have to rely on individual bravery just to access basic rights and dignity. ✈️ Wherever people migrate for work, their rights must follow.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

“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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

These aren’t just policy points—they are life-or-death protections for migrant workers who fuel Qatar’s economy. ✊ We stand with Martha and all migrant workers. The time for real change is now. 📎 Read more: laborjusticegulfmigrants.org/qatar-upr-ou... /3

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

📢 The Coalition urges the Government of Qatar to: ✅ Pass laws recognizing migrant workers’ right to freely associate and form unions. ✅ Penalize companies using forced labor. ✅ End employer retaliation, including “absconding” charges against workers who report abuse./2

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Key Findings: 🔴Women workers face physical,psychological, sexual, and economic abuse—with 0 accountability for perpetrators. 🔴Kafala system still traps workers in abusive jobs, preventing them from leaving. 🔴Migrant women are denied fundamental rights: no freedom of movement, no legal aid,no unions.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

📢 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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

3️⃣ With Saudi Arabia & UAE expanding their healthcare sectors, demand for migrant care workers is rising. Without urgent action, abuses will worsen. Equidem calls on governments, businesses & investors to end exploitation & protect care workers. Read & share the report today.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

2️⃣ Key Findings: 🔴 Forced Labour – 10/11 indicators documented: wage theft, physical abuse, movement restrictions. 🔴 Racial Discrimination – Lower pay, workplace segregation, exclusion from complaint systems. 🔴 Gender-Based Violence – Physical, sexual & psychological abuse with no accountability.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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...

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Anti-Slavery International @antislavery.org · 12/03/2025

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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The report also highlights: ❗ The Kafala system persists, tying workers to employers & restricting freedoms. ❗ Migrant workers are denied fundamental human rights in the race to "green" energy. 🎥 Watch the report launch : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHjd...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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...

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This crisis exposes the urgent need to rethink industrial practices. As climate change accelerates, rising global temperatures put workers’ lives at even greater risk. 🔗 For a deeper dive into these findings, read Equidem's report: equidem.org/reports/clim... /4

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Climate Change In The World Of Work: Violence at The Systemic Edge

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

As Professor Ollie Jay, Director of The Heat and Health Research Incubator at the University of Sydney, starkly puts it: "Thirty-five degrees [wet bulb] is about survivability—everyone will die. But before that, we have severe impacts on liveability, and the most vulnerable can die."/3

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The ILO mandates work must stop at 32.1°C wet-bulb to prevent extreme health risks. Yet many sectors push workers beyond this limit./2

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

🌡️ 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. 🧵

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🧵 3/3 New Equidem and BHRRC report "Rush to Renewables" reveals this painful irony: Workers displaced by climate change face life-threatening conditions while building climate solutions. 📖 Read the full report here: www.equidem.org/reports/rush...

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Rush to renewables: Toward migrant worker rights and a just energy transition in the Gulf

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🧵 2/3 The impacts are severe: Even workers in air-conditioned vehicles develop health problems from temperature shifts. Despite labor laws requiring midday breaks, limited access to water, rest & shade leaves workers vulnerable to heatstroke, dehydration & chronic illness.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🧵 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.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

From heat stress in the UAE to challenges in Bangladesh’s garment sector, we’re documenting the real-life consequences of climate change on workers across regions. Read the full story : www.devex.com/news/sponsor... /2

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How climate change impacts gender-based violence and harassment at work

As climate impacts increase, so too does the violence and harassment facing women in the world of work. Devex looks at the reasons why, and the efforts to address it.

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

🔍 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

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Equidem @equidem.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

🚨 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-...

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