Global News by Tag: Labor
MBERENGWA, ZIMBABWE – Phineas Moyo, 31, works in a small mine and as a farmer in Mberengwa, a district in southern Zimbabwe. He is married and has two children.
His wife is pregnant with their third child. She is a housewife and also takes care of the family vegetable garden for household consumption.
ARGENTINA, KASHMIR, KENYA AND NEPAL – May 1 marks International Workers’ Day, or May Day. It is a public holiday in some countries in honor of the international labor movement and an unofficial holiday in many others. Global Press Institute senior reporters from four news desks use the occasion to highlight traditional and unique jobs in their regions.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL – Sapana Bishwokarma, 26, has a young face. She looks too young to be the mother of the 2-year-old boy who plays beside her. But she is.
The young mother is answerless when asked about the baby’s father. She says her body trembles with fear each time she recalls her son’s father. Then tears engulf her eyes and trickle down her cheeks.
AMBATENNA, SRI LANKA – Rohini Jayalath, 42, left her home in Ambatenna in Sri Lanka’s Central province 15 years ago to search for a job in the Middle East in order to help her impoverished family.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Inside the Ministry for Labor and Social Security in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city, a colorful poster on the wall reads: “House Helps are Human Like You.”
For the more than 50,000 domestic workers, or “house helps” working in Lusaka, low wages and poor treatment are common. While caring for children and cleaning homes is a prized commodity among the wealthy here, many domestic workers are unprotected thanks to illiteracy and poverty.
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE – When a lion attacks the shepherd, the sheep scatter.
When the government here attacked leaders of the local farm workers union, the workers too were forced to scatter.
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA -- Mary Mulenga is 64 years old. She breaks stones for a living.
“How am I going to pay rent and eat if I just sit at home?” asks Mulenga, a wife, mother and grandmother.