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Fruit picking in a pandemic: Europe’s precarious migrant workers · Global Voices
There’s an exception to Europe’s closed borders: precarious seasonal labour from Romania and Bulgaria “Germany, choke on your asparagus” reads this graffiti in Wedding, Berlin. Photo (c): Maxim Edwards, May 2020. In late June, more than 1,500 workers at a meat processing plant in western Germany contracted COVID-19. Once theContinue Reading
Legal expert: forced birth control of Uighur women is genocide – can China be put on trial?
Uighurs protest outside the Chinese embassy in London in 2019. Karl Nesh/Shutterstock Uighur women in China’s Xinjiang province who have more than the approved number of children are being forcibly sterilised, forced to have abortions or having intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) inserted without their consent, according to reports that haveContinue Reading
Five activities that can protect your mental and physical health as you age
Exercising with friends is one way of protecting your health as you age. Jenny Sturm/ Shutterstock No one is immune to developing chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer or arthritis as they get older. But research shows social activities, like joining clubs, interest groups or volunteering, are linked toContinue Reading
Does your face mask protect you or other people?
Should we wear face masks? We tell our children to cover their mouths when they cough, so when we cannot predict who may or may not have COVID-19, it makes sense to wear a face covering in public. But not all face coverings are the same. They can be splitContinue Reading
COVID outbreak highlights unaccountability of American military based in Okinawa · Global Voices
“U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Keon Miller, special mission aviator assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, looks out the gunner’s window aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk, July 31, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan.” The U.S. Air Force operates Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, which the largest U.S. airContinue Reading
Leave nothing to chance with the rest of this year’s silage
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Child malnutrition: lessons from the Victorian age
Boys at Crumpsall Workhouse, Manchester, circa 1895-1897. Manchester Archives/Wikimedia Commons Food insecurity has become a major issue in the UK. It is estimated that more than 200,000 children have had to skip meals during the coronavirus pandemic. The Trussell Trust has reported an 81% increase in the use of foodContinue Reading
Coronavirus shows the dangers of letting market forces govern health and social care
In March, 10,000 NHS staff signed a letter to UK prime minister Boris Johnson demanding better protection against COVID-19. Nurses and doctors wanted to treat patients without fear of infecting them and to minimise their own risk of falling ill. But they lacked the proper protective equipment. The problem theyContinue Reading
Hongkongers ignore crackdown to vote for change-seeking youth in pro-democracy primaries · Global Voices
The stakes have never been higher in the city’s fight for democracy Long queue outside a polling station. Image from Twitter user Studio Incendo CC By 4.0 The original version of this post is written by Rachel Wong of the Hong Kong Free Press on July 12 2020. The followingContinue Reading
China is becoming increasingly assertive – security law in Hong Kong is just the latest example
China’s enforcement of a new security law in Hong Kong marks the de facto end of the “one country, two systems” model that came into effect following the British handover in 1997. This has repercussions that go far beyond Hong Kong. The Sino-British Joint Declaration, signed by both China andContinue Reading