migrant workers
The hidden cost
A conversation with Equidem's Namrata Raju on migrant worker rights and the Qatar World Cup.
The Editors | Dec 06, 2022
Every vote counts in Kashmir
Revised voting rights would mean further disempowerment for locals.
Maknoon Wani | Oct 11, 2022
Integral yet dispensable
On the impact of targeted killings of migrant workers in Kashmir.
Sajad Hameed and Mudasir Rawloo | Sep 09, 2022
The season of discontent
How has COVID-19 impacted civic mobilisation and organising in Southasia?
Alizeh Kohari | Dec 23, 2020
Foreign investment in Southasia’s telecoms, restrictions on protests in the Maldives and more
Southasiasphere: Issue #10 - Updates and analysis from around the region.
The Editors | Jul 24, 2020
The fight for the commons
Who has the power to secure and legislate public spaces in cities?
Varun Nayar | May 25, 2020
Introducing Southasiasphere: The Himal guide to the region
ISSUE #1: Covid-19 in Southasia, civilian government vs the generals in Myanmar, postponed elections in SriLanka and more.
The Editors | Mar 20, 2020
Far from truth
On the policing of sexuality of migrant workers’ wives in Nepal.
Weena Pun | Dec 23, 2015
Bigger cages, longer chains
As labour unrest afflicts the World Cup kick-off in Brazil, for Nepal’s migrant workers, Qatar 2022 is a lived reality.
Deepak Adhikari | Jun 12, 2014
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