(PIANGO) — The Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations has announced the appointment of Pohnpei-based attorney Marstella E. Jack to the chairmanship of its governing body during the 9th PIANGO
A Global Reckoning Around Labor Conditions. An emotional worker is shown in The Guardian documentary The Great Abandonment. Nearly 200 million migrant laborers were stranded without wages, food, and housing after India Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced one of the harshest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world in 2020. Image from The Great Abandonment. India. Grantees Expose Labor Abuses in Qatar, India, the U.S. “I didn’t have any choice but to go abroad to work,” said Surendra Tamang, a migrant worker from Nepal. After laboring through extreme heat and brutal working conditions building Qatar’s World Cup stadiums for six years, now at 31, he will likely be on dialysis for the rest of his life. With eyes on the World Cup since matches began on November 20, flagrant labor abuses of migrant workers are once again in the global spotlight. The Pulitzer Center has long reported on the rights of workers, efforts to organize labor unions and worker advocacy groups, modern sla
Noted Bollywood personalities to train 20 local filmmakers Excelsior Correspondent LEH, Sept 12: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur today virtually attended the inaugural session of the 1st Ladakh Screenwriters Fair 2022 being organized by the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Leh in collaboration with Film Companion, in Leh. The objective of the five-day event is to provide training to filmmakers from Ladakh and scriptwriters to enable them to improve their screenplay writing and the nuances of […]