Vani Saraswathi

When we write of racism in the region, it’s often about individuals who take to various platforms to spew venom on foreigners. What is rarely acknowledged is that the discourse finds deep roots in the very way in which these Governments build and run the countries. This Covid-19 pandemic demonstrates that even if the virus doesn’t discriminate, the system will.

The predominant model of employment in the region is the live-in arrangement, where millions of workers are subject to the stranglehold of an individual employer and their household. What are the viable alternatives to this prevalent model?

At the halfway point of the technical cooperation between Qatar and the ILO, we take stock of the progress on promises made – or lack thereof.

The following observations are from conversations on migration with migrants and their families in Uganda. The nature of these conversations are not exclusive to Uganda but echo similar experiences of other labour-sending countries across Africa and Asia.