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Climate Change In The World Of Work: Violence at The Systemic Edge

Equidem participatory and worker-led investigations found that climate change has created previously unseen types of gendered violence in the world of work.

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Broken Promises: Forced Labour in Saudi Arabia and the Fast Tracked World Cup Bid

New Equidem report finds significant human rights and labour rights abuse in Saudi Arabia's construction, security and hospitality sectors, raising doubts about the country's eligibility to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.

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Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf

Equidem is thrilled to be a founding organisation of the Coalition on Labor Justice for Migrants in the Gulf where there are at least 31 million migrant workers. With global south economies stressed by climate change, more can be expected. Time for action.

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Climate change and its impacts

Climate change poses a critical threat to the safety, security, and rights of humans all over the planet. As a result, climate change has a huge impact on human rights, both now and in the future.

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Sports and Human Rights

Global sporting events bring a range of human rights risks, including the exploitation of construction and hospitality workers - many of them migrants. Equidem works to advance responsible sport – sport and mega sporting events that are inclusive, fair, and safe, where stakeholders are properly engaged, and where human rights risks are mapped and addressed in line with international standards.
 

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Enforcing respect for human rights

Human rights violations stem from power dynamics and relationships that enable abuse to occur, and businesses are one of the most powerful actors in global geopolitics and the day to day lives of humans.

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Equidem calls upon FIFA to apply and enhance its binding and actionable commitments to address risk factors for labour and human rights violations as a condition of confirming Saudi Arabia’s bid to host FIFA World Cup 2034. Saudi Arabia cannot guarantee compliance with international human rights and labour standards without taking significant measures to dismantle the Kafala system, protect freedom of association, extend labour rights to migrant workers and address nationality-based discrimination, unfair hiring practices, workplace violence, exploitative wages, overwork, and exposure to occupational health and safety risks.

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Exposing Injustice

Exposing Injustice

Shining a light on the most hidden and serious human rights violations on marginalised groups.

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Providing Solutions

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Building the Movement

Increasing grassroots and professional civil society capacity to carry out research, non-political advocacy, and strategy / institutional development.

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Equidem is a human rights and labour rights organisation. We work globally and locally to expose injustice and hidden human rights abuses; to provide practical solutions to the most intractable human rights challenges; and to build powerful community-led coalitions that empower the individual and the community.

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Broken Promises: Forced Labour in Saudi Arabia and the Fast Tracked World Cup Bid

FIFA is failing to uphold its own standards by entertaining Saudi Arabia's 2034 World Cup cup, our latest research demonstrates. Rights violations continue and underscore the grave inadequacy of reform processes in Saudi Arabia and within FIFA

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Unjust Transitions: Climate Migration, Heat Stress, and Labour Exploitation in the United Arab Emirates

Exploitation and discrimination of migrant workers during COP28 preparations in the UAE

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Discrimination and Exploitation of Migrant Construction Workers on FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Stadium Sites

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Discrimination and Exploitation of Migrant Workers in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Hotels

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