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Violence against women and associated factors among female construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Job losses wreck livelihoods in Ethiopia’s garment industry 2023-09-06 [IndustriALL]

Violence against women and associated factors among female construction workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2023-07-29 [BMC Psychiatry]

Education union’s plea for peace 2022-12-20 [Education International]

Trade union demands de-escalation of military hostilities and continued humanitarian assistance 2022-10-13 [Education International]

‘Decline’ of unions greatly exaggerated 2022-07-30 [GLU]

Massive job losses reverse union gains in Ethiopia's Hawassa Industrial Park 2022-07-23 [IndustriALL]

Media houses raided and 9 media workers arrested 2022-05-25 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: CPJ calls for release of journalists 2022-05-08 [Africa News]

Ethiopia Abused migrant worker in Lebanon dreams of justice in rare court case 2022-02-17 [N MENA]

USA Unions fear job losses if AGOA eligibility is withdrawn from Ethiopia 2021-10-21 [IndustriALL]

Unions express fear over job losses if AGOA eligibility is withdrawn from Ethiopia 2021-10-20 [IndustriALL]

Industrial Parks Finally See Labor Unions Emerge 2021-09-22 [Fortune]

Media regulator suspends Addis Standard 2021-07-19 [IFJ]

WFTU statement on the famine in Tigray region 2021-07-07 [WFTU]

Workers fear returning to work in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region 2021-04-15 [IndustriALL]

Journalist attacked and threatened with death 2021-02-12 [IFJ]

Ethiopia: Garment workers report pay cuts, unpaid & forced overtime at Indochine Apparel and KGG Garments factories; Incl. brands' responses 2021-01-21 [Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Pay cuts and forced overtime: COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Ethiopia's garment workers 2020-12-23 [Thomson Reuters]

Media crackdown amid military offensive in Tigray region 2020-11-17 [IFJ]

Union busting at Shints garments in Ethiopia condemned 2020-08-01 [IndustriALL]

Ethiopian unions campaign for Covid-19 awareness 2020-06-15 [IndustriALL]

ACT initiative: a potential strategy for living wages in Ethiopia 2020-02-27 [IndustriALL]

Garment workers in Ethiopia need strong unions 2019-12-03 [IndustriALL]

Ethiopia 'Ethiopian Airlines joint venture can save SAA' 2019-12-02 [Sowetan]

Ethiopia: towards a common collective bargaining strategy 2019-11-29 [IndustriALL]

Africa Unions enlighten Ethiopia on collective bargaining 2019-08-24 [Just Style]

South Africa Ethiopian and South African unions discuss collective bargaining strategies 2019-08-20 [IndustriALL]

If you are unhappy resign, Ethiopian workers told 2019-06-14 [IndustriALL]

MoLSA to push for livable wages in ind. parks 2019-05-25 [The Reporter]

Ethiopia needs minimum wage law to protect workers – Investment chief 2019-05-24 [Africa News]

Garment workers make clothes for some of the world's largest clothing brands but get paid the lowest 2019-05-12 [CNN]

Worker turnover and unrest undermines Ethiopia sourcing 2019-05-10 [Just Style]

Global Garment workers are the lowest paid in the world 2019-05-07 [FOX]

Workers strike for a union in Hawassa industrial park 2019-04-01 [IndustriALL]

India Police take 3 IL&FS officials into custody over unpaid wages 2018-12-05 [PTI]

India IL&FS workers held hostage by unpaid staff 2018-12-01 [Bloomberg]

Project helps female garment workers guard against exploitation 2018-12-01 [Just Style]

Women in the textile and garment sector in Ethiopia trained in labour law 2018-11-29 [IndustriALL]

Striking air traffic controllers arrested 2018-09-08 [The East African]

Government Touts Good Conditions in Factories for Brands Like H&M and Calvin Klein, but Workers Scrape By On $1 a Day 2018-07-09 [The Intercept]

Labour Strike Rocks Bole Lemi Industrial Park 2018-05-25 [Addis Fortune]

Lebanon Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-23 [ET]

Ethiopia: Meeting stirs debate on living wages 2018-05-23 [IndustriALL]

Lebanon Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon 2018-05-22 [Equal Times]

Unions campaign for Ethiopia garment wage increase 2018-05-17 [Just Style]

Africa Occupation: girl 2018-05-11 [Equal Times]

Ethiopian Airlines Resume Service After a Brief Interruption - a rare strike by air traffic controllers 2018-04-19 [ENA]

Park life: workers struggle to make ends meet at Ethiopia's $250m industrial zone 2017-12-07 [Guardian ]

Unions prioritise women workers' rights in Ethiopia 2017-12-03 [Just Style]

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