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Working with 200+ organisations, Equidem has expressed climate concerns, and called upon governments from across the world to address evidence of human rights abuses in the UAE. It comes ahead of the COP28 climate talks which are set to take place in the country later this year. In a joint letter, signed by a global…

Equidem Joins More than 200 Organizations Calling on Governments to address UAE Human Rights Abuses Ahead of COP28  Rights groups across six continents say UAE cannot be given a free pass for its abysmal human rights record on the COP stage  CONTACT: media@equidem.org Equidem joined more than 200 global organizations to demand that the international…

This week, I’ll be walking into the International Labour Conference with a delegation of gig and platform workers from across the Global Majority. For many of them, this will be the first time their voices reach the corridors of international power. For me, it represents everything we’ve been building toward at Equidem—a moment when the…

Published on : June 20, 2025 Published in : Tech Policy Press Written by : Nandita Shivakumar, Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee View Publication The artificial intelligence boom isn’t powered by algorithms alone—it runs on the invisible labor of millions of workers across the Global South. These are the data labellers and content moderators who spend their…

Equidem Staff Spotlight: Martha Waithira, Equidem Investigator and Survivor of Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence      “I escaped due to sexual harassment and threats of physical violence, nonpayment of wages, movement restrictions and being over worked for long hours,” Martha Waithira, a Kenyan national, explains of her time as a housemaid in Qatar for four years…