FIFA 2026 Heat Risk Observatory : An interactive dashboard mapping heat stress risks for the workers making the World Cup possible
An interactive dashboard mapping heat stress risks for the workers making the World Cup possible Behind every stadium, training facility, and match-day spectacle are workers building, maintaining, securing, cleaning, transporting, and servicing the FIFA World Cup 2026. Equidem’s FIFA 2026 Heat Risk Observatory, developed in collaboration with students from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,…Playing with Lives: Heat Risk, Labour Rights and Accountability at the FIFA World Cup 2026
This report examines the labour rights and occupational health risks associated with the FIFA World Cup 2026, with particular attention to heat exposure among workers involved in tournament-related construction, renovation and team base camp operations. Drawing on worker interviews, occupational health and safety analysis, and heat-risk modelling developed by Equidem in partnership with the Tata…
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Equidem CEO Mustafa Qadri Calls for Worker-Centred Approach to Irregular Migration at Bali Process Workshop
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Stand with Nepali Migrant Worker Families Affected by the Floods
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