Tag: labour

Domestic workers speak:
a global landscape of voices

Less than 20 years ago domestic workers began to demand rights and recognition. A new series shows that while they’ve made substantial progress, there is still a long way to go

20/06/2017
Giulia Garofalo GeymonatSabrina Marchetti
Articlefamilies - labour - Migration - social inclusion - welfare - work

Turkish child labour intensified
with Syrian refugees

If we want to understand the current particular conditions of Syrian refugees in Turkey and their plight, we need to look at it through the lens of the complex migratory history of the country

01/02/2017
Gokben Demirbas
Articleinequality - labour - Migration - poverty - work

Parental Allowance in Germany,
a success story

Passing the German reform of parental leave took almost ten years of work, but when it finally was lauched it had a significant positive effect on mother's employment rate. Yet legacies of a traditional family model in many of the public policies persist

16/07/2015
Diana Auth
Articleequal opportunities - families - good practice - institutions - labour - part-time - public expenditure - work life balance

Framing Gender in Turkey

The reactions to the discovery of Özgecan Aslan’s body, and President Erdogan's statements about gender-sensitive moral issues show how gender today is framed in Turkey. But what kind of gender trends has Turkey really witnessed in the last decade?

19/02/2015
Gokben Demirbas
Articleequal opportunities - feminism - labour - violence

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