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“They provide food, but I am only allowed to eat their leftovers. There have been days when I did not get any food. I am not allowed to cook food for myself.” – Ndanu, a Kenyan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia  Migrant domestic labour is essential at every level of society worldwide — to both…

His Excellency Eng. Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Riyadh – Al-Mughrazat DistrictAl Imam Saud ibn Abdul Aziz Branch Rd Exit 9 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 16 June 2025 His Excellency Eng. Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Rajhi,Minister of Human Resources and Social Development in the…

This year, Equidem joined Gig Workers United and other worker-led organisations in Geneva to ensure that the voices of platform workers — particularly those in outsourced and often invisible roles — were brought into the heart of international labour policymaking. We were proud to stand alongside these workers and to contribute rigorous new research to…

The undersigned civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and unions express our firm support for the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) conclusion in its yellow report to adopt a Convention supplemented by a Recommendation as standards on decent work in the platform economy. Our collective work demonstrates that platform work has weakened workers’ rights and protections, illustrating…

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…

Certified Kenyan nurses who traveled to Saudi Arabia for hospital jobs found themselves in a nightmare of forced domestic labour, isolation, and abuse. Instead of working in hospitals in Riyadh, the capital, as promised, they were sent to private homes in remote areas and even taken to Yemen against their will. Now back in Kenya,…

Joint Statement: Award of 2034 men’s World Cup to Saudi Arabia risks lives and exposes FIFA’s empty human rights commitments. Today’s confirmation of Saudi Arabia as host of the 2034 FIFA men’s World Cup, despite the well-known and severe risks to residents, migrant workers and visiting fans alike, marks a moment of great danger. It…

Equidem and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre are pleased to release new research into the renewable energy landscape in the GCC countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE – through our report, “Rush to Renewables: Toward Migrant Worker Rights and a Just Energy Transition in the Gulf.“ The research builds on…

A flawed human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s FIFA 2034 World Cup bid by AS&H Clifford Chance – part of the global partnership of London-based law firm Clifford Chance – leaves the global firm at risk of being linked to abuses which result from the tournament, 11 organisations said today. AS&H Clifford Chance, which is…