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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…

Letter To COP28 Participating Governments re UAE Human Rights and Climate Concerns:  September 13, 2023 To the Participating Governments at the COP28 Climate Conference, We write as a global network of organizations with grave human rights concerns regarding the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of the 2023 COP28 climate negotiations. We support…

FIFA has already failed workers in spaces predominantly taken up by men, and women are, as ever, left even further behind. As another major sporting event kicks off with all eyes on the players, Equidem has uncovered rampant exploitation of women workers that produce FIFA apparel.  “We have a daily target to reach. The supervisor…

PBS’s coverage of Equidem’s groundbreaking investigation into the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

I only received overtime my first year. After that they refused to give overtime and began deducting from our wages for different reasons. We ended up getting less than what was written in our contracts. When government inspections took place, they showed them salary books that showed that they were paying us properly for overtime…