Global News by Tag: employment
NAIROBI, KENYA – Underneath the scorching heat, Cynthia Shikuku, 27, walks as fast as her legs can carry her from Kikuyu town, an informal suburb west of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Shikuku, a live-in domestic worker, needs to beat the setting of the Sunday sun. Her employer requires her to return from her weekend leave by 7 p.m.
This is her eighth month working for a family of three. She says she is a happy nanny, housekeeper, cleaner and cook for the family, which treats her well.
PRISHTINA, KOSOVO – One of the fastest-growing sectors in Kosovo – the food processing industry – is directly benefiting women. Women here who possess the traditional skills of harvesting fresh fruits and vegetables are now getting paid jobs in the growing food processing sector. Employment in the handicraft industry is also increasing for women as the younger generation has not learned traditional arts and crafts skills but demand is high for the products in urban stores. A photo essay.
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA – From her home in Noorkah-Uri village in the Kashmir Valley, Naseema Bano cultivates button mushrooms in trays to sell at the local market.
“It is profitable, and people have started purchasing,” Bano says.
PAMPORE, KASHMIR – “World’s Best Saffron Grows Here,” proclaims a billboard on the side of highway near Pampore, a small city just 15 kilometers from Srinagar, one of the capital city's here. Pampore is the heartland of Kashmir’s saffron country. But the slogan, referencing what has been this areas claim to fame, is losing its veracity.
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.
KATHMANDU, NEPAL -- “My boss often thrashes me for no cause. My cheeks are swollen and my nose bleeds often. Father, please rescue me and save my life.” Gyan Bahadur reads aloud from a letter he received from his son, Gopal, who is on a contract, working abroad as many Nepali men do.
The letter prompted Gyan, 50, who lives in the eastern hilly district Okhaldhunga, to come to Kathmandu and appeal to local authorities about the plight of his son who is working in Malaysia,.