Human rights Certifications of garments: stricter criteria needed Top story New 25/05/2022 – by Gisela Burckhardt The Green Button label of Germany’s Federal Government serves to mark garments manufactured in a socially and environmentally sound manner. The basic idea is good, but the certification criteria should be more stringent.
Labour rights New 24/05/2022 – by Imran Mukhtar Dangerous cotton harvest Mostly women pick cotton in Pakistan – they are poorly paid and exposed to health risks Read
Mobile money New 23/05/2022 – by Derrick Silimina Digital payment fraudsters at work Fraudsters threaten success of digital payments Read
Agriculture New 22/05/2022 – by Imran Mukhtar How the climate crisis affects cotton production in Pakistan Rising temperatures have contributed to a 50 % decline in cotton production in Pakistan Read
D+C/E+Z New 21/05/2022 – by D+C/E+Z Why we believe in our Digital Monthly What purposes our Digital Monthly serves, and how it differs from the print issue Read
Disabilities New 20/05/2022 – by Ika Ningtyas Indonesia’s information gap affecting the disabled For disabled people in Indonesia, getting access to reliable health information, including on Covid-19, is a particular challenge Read
Global heating New 19/05/2022 – by Mireille Kanyange Lake Tanganyika: levees needed Tens of thousands of Burundians have been displaced by impacts of climate crisis Read
Tropical storms New 18/05/2022 – by Marjorie Pons Piñeyro CARICOM plans to boost disaster resilience Due to global heating, hurricanes are becoming more dangerous in the Caribbean Read
Blind in Benin New 17/05/2022 – by Karim Okanla In Benin, the blind struggle to fend for themselves Benin’s visually impaired people deserve support from government, NGOs and religious charities Read
Food security New 16/05/2022 – by Raphael Mweninguwe “A food crisis is looming” Floods and drought threaten maize yields in Malawi Read
Twitter New 15/05/2022 – by Charles Martin-Shields Twitter could become a plutocrat’s toy The implications of an important social-media platform depending on a billionaire’s whims Read
