She may not have looked threatening, but Mary G. Harris – known as “Mother Jones” – was such an indomitable activist that a US attorney once labeled her “the most dangerous woman in America.” Today, the political magazine Mother Jones is named in her honor as a symbol of passionate activism. Early life Born in […]
Getting kids out of the mines A model of “radical inclusivity” has been put into action to address household poverty and ensure child protection in artisanal mining communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bon Pasteur (Good Shepherd) Kolwezi, the Good Shepherd Sisters’ operation based there, recruits children from the mine sites to attend […]
Finally, domestic workers are being recognized and given the same rights as other workers. On 5 September the International Labour Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention came into force. According to the ILO, “Currently there are at least 53 million domestic workers worldwide, not including child domestic workers, and this number is increasing steadily in developed and developing countries. The […]
