COVID-19 To Affect Women, Girls More In Zimbabwe – WFP

Just like millions of parents around the world, Rebecca Kapaira is balancing home-schooling her five children with trying to work so she can put food on the table — a daunting task. “Being a single mother I have to work doubly hard, as the mother and the father,” says Rebecca. “I can’t buy the basics […]
Bangladesh Garment Workers Pack Streets To Demand Wages During Coronavirus Lockdown

Hundreds of workers poured onto the streets of Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong on Saturday, flouting social distancing rules to demand work and wages during the coronavirus shutdown. Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest apparel producer after China, is set to lose about $6 billion of export revenues this fiscal year as retailers and brands across the […]