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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,…

Statement by Equidem  “We have been abandoned twice, once by the country we worked in, and  once by the country we belong to. I lost not just my job, but my hope too.  There is no certainty waiting for me, and I do not know what to do or where to  begin.”  — Mohammad Malik,…

There are moments in history when everything familiar seems to come undone. And then there are moments when, from the fractures of that disorder, new forms of courage, solidarity and collective power begin to emerge. We are living through both. Across continents, people who labour for a living are confronting pressures that are no longer…

Equidem raises serious concerns over the mass layoffs of more than 1,100 workers in Nairobi, Kenya, following the termination of contracts between Meta and its contractor Sama. These redundancies occur in the wake of sustained judicial scrutiny of labour practices in Kenya’s technology supply chains. Rather than using this moment to correct documented harms, Meta’s…

Written by Roxanne O’Connell, Head of Programmes  Beginning a New Conversation  Last week in Nairobi, I had the privilege of participating in my first convening for Equidem after taking on the role of Head of Programmes. It was a meaningful milestone for me personally, but more importantly it marked the beginning of a new area of work at Equidem focused on improving the systems…

A coalition of 15 human rights organisations, trade unions, fan groups, and organisations representing migrant workers has issued an urgent warning over the escalating human rights risks linked to the 2034 FIFA Men’s World Cup, one year after FIFA awarded hosting rights to Saudi Arabia. In letters sent earlier this month to FIFA President Gianni…

Equidem’s Seven-Point Recommendations for the Interim Government to Uphold Justice, Dignity, and Rights for Nepali Migrants at Home and Abroad  In the wake of Nepal’s recent seismic political shift, Nepal stands at a crossroads. A youth-led movement against social media restrictions, corruption, and elite privilege has toppled the government and installed an interim administration under…

The undersigned civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and unions encourage the ILO and its members to improve the current draft of the Convention supplemented by a Recommendation on decent work in the platform economy presented in the Brown Report so that it can more fully meet the challenges presented by current and emerging practices. While…

  Written by : Mustafa Qadri, CEO, Equidem A World in Upheaval  We are living through a convulsion of crises, climate disasters erupting with ever greater frequency, mass displacements tearing at the fabric of societies, geopolitical conflicts reshaping trade and supply chains, and authoritarian regimes tightening their grip while democratic norms fray.  At the same…