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 ANKARA, Feb 9, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - When temperatures plunged well below freezing in Ankara and energy prices soared, Dondu Isler

When temperatures plunged well below freezing in Ankara and energy prices soared, Dondu Isler had to make a tough choice to both stay warm and keep her soaring utility bills down.

For months, the "Campus Witches" of Turkey have protested against the rising cost of sanitary products, which they say should be free. For many of their compatriots, the subject of menstruation remains taboo.

Women activists call on the Turkish government for a tax reduction and other measures to lower the prices of menstrual products, which have grown forbiddingly expensive amid the country’s economic turmoil.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., there will be a hybrid in-person/online event at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at 520 Sixth Street...

Colourful kokina heralds the holiday season – and a financial lifeline for those facing runaway inflation and discrimination

Turkey's currency has recently hit record lows in value, driving up prices in the country. But the president's recipe for fixing the problem is the opposite of what economists generally recommend.

Call on 7 December by Eric Toussaint, Sonia Mitralias, CADTM Europe, Paul Murphy, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Andrej Hunko, Cristina Quintavalla, Manon Aubry, Leïla Chaibi and others.

Bulgaria will be host of the General Assembly of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), organized by EAPN-Bulgaria with the support of the European commission, The Labour and Social Policy Ministry and the Confederation of independent syndicates in Bulgaria (KNSB). The forum will take place in the time period of September 25 – 27 in the sea resort ‘Albena and will go

Kentlerde kurulan işçi pazarları, yoksulluğun bir diğer yüzünü koyuyor ortaya. Çağlayan’da yol boyunca bekleyen kalabalık, duran araba ile başlıyor pazarlığa, günlüğü 150 liraya... Kaynak işçisi “Ne olursa yapmak zorundayım” diyor.