Reports

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,…

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…

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets underway across the United States, Mexico and Canada, Equidem is calling on FIFA, host governments and corporate partners to urgently uphold the rights of workers, migrants, players, referees, fans and local communities connected to the tournament. Drawing on more than five years of research into labour rights abuses…

This briefing by Equidem documents the experiences of African migrant workers employed in e-commerce and app-based delivery platforms in the United Arab Emirates. Based on testimonies from 13 workers originating from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Cameroon, and Sudan, the report exposes a hidden labour system marked by recruitment debt, deceptive hiring practices, excessive working hours, wage…

As the International Labour Conference (ILC) negotiates new global standards on decent work in the platform economy, Equidem’s latest research reveals a critical gap: millions of workers powering the platform economy are invisible to the protections being discussed. Platform companies increasingly organise work through third-party logistics firms, outsourcing companies, and staffing agencies — maintaining algorithmic…

This public statement by Equidem calls on the newly formed Government of Nepal to place migrant workers’ rights at the centre of its governance agenda. Drawing on research and direct engagement with Nepali migrant workers, the statement highlights systemic failures in Nepal’s migration governance—from deceptive recruitment and debt bondage to unsafe working conditions and barriers…