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Laura Baena: “In this patriarchal society, men are seen as heroes and women as bad mothers” “We are fighting to ensure that, in the future, balancing motherhood with work won’t be a utopia for our daughters,” says Laura Baena of Spain. This publicist by training ended up leaving her career behind to take care of her three daughters and founded Club de Malasmadres (The Bad Mothers’Club), which has already been joined by over a million women. (Orlando Gutiérrez ) Share this page “We are fighting to ensure that, in the future, balancing motherhood with work won’t be a utopia fo...

In Ecuador, abaca workers are demanding justice and an end to 60 years of modern slavery A teenage boy transports bundles of abaca fibre from the harvesting site to the machines where they will be processed. Known as burreros, these workers are usually men with little experience, woman or children. (Marco Gaete ) 22 February 2021 Share this page A teenage boy transports bundles of abaca fibre from the harvesting site to the machines where they will be processed. Known as burreros, these workers are usually men with little experience, woman or children. (Marco Gaete ) In December 2003, after 3...

From benefit corporations to social purpose companies: when capitalism seeks to reconcile profit with the common good Can the inclusion of social or environmental objectives in a company’s articles of association help to make them more virtuous? Whilst it may help promote a shift in business mindsets, it may also amount to little more than ‘fairwashing’. (calypso77/adobe stock ) Share this page Can the inclusion of social or environmental objectives in a company’s articles of association help to make them more virtuous? Whilst it may help promote a shift in business mindsets, it may a...

In Kenya, women bear the brunt as mechanisation wipes out tea sector jobs Workers pick tea leaves on a Unilever tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya. (Alamy/Jake Lyell ) (Alamy/Jake Lyell ) On a cool Tuesday evening in Kapkugerwet village in Kenya’s Kericho County, Lucy Cheres puts a tea basket on her hunched back and heads out to the small tea farm in front of her house. There, she starts plucking tea leaves for the next day’s sale. It is an art she has perfected after 15 years of working as a casual labourer at a nearby tea plantation owned by the British-Dutch consumer goods conglomerate U...

South Asia’s migrant workers are facing a jobs crisis both at home and abroad Migrant workers wait to get their Covid-19 tests as they return to look for jobs in New Delhi, India, on 18 August 2020. (AP/Manish Swarup ) Share this page Migrant workers wait to get their Covid-19 tests as they return to look for jobs in New Delhi, India, on 18 August 2020. (AP/Manish Swarup ) In February 2020, PK Valsala, a 45-year-old single woman from Kerala, south India, went to Oman to start a job as a domestic worker. She was sent to Kish Island in Iran by her Omani employer to change her tourist visa int...