By Zehra Khan, General Secretary of Home Based Women Workers Federation and Research and Education Secretary in National Trade Union Federation Women workers held a big rally in Karachi on the occasion of International Women’s Day and demanded the...
Shahida Parveen Shikha, office secretary of Bangladesh Trade Union Center, and General Secretary of National Women Workers Trade Union Center, shares the importance of women workers joining the trade union movement, and why trade unions must develop...
Ms. Aneno Catherine, the General Secretary of the Uganda Textile, Garment, Leather and Allied Workers Union (UTGLAWU), writes about her experiences helping to address the many challenges that women face both in the work place and in the organizing...
Law@theMargins Editor Chaumtoli Huq moderated a Google Hangouts on Air discussion on how those in the U.S. are trying to secure Palestinian rights and self-determination non-violently through global boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS).
The death of Malcolm X coincidentally falls on the same day of the Language Movement in Bangladesh, where Bangladeshis fought against the imposition of Urdu as a national language by Pakistan. What does the convergence of these historical facts...
The way in which Malcolm X has been represented in the mainstream is curious to me. I do not believe that we have been provided with the whole picture of this powerful leader due to how threatening he was to the status quo. As a civil rights lawyer...
"It has been weeks since the killings of the Charlie Hedbo journalists in France. It was a horrific act of violence, and no words can describe the sheer absurdity of the event and surreal feeling it spread among people. It is a shame that the...
The Bronx Defenders, a legal services provider for indigent clients, found itself in a high-profile controversy over participation of two of its public defenders in a rap video. Bronx Defenders formed in 1997 with a message of holistic lawyering...
On December 17, 2014, Law@theMargins Editor Ms. Chaumtoli Huq hosted a Facebook chat with several contributors to the blog on looking back at 2014 and reviewing the year’s events through a social justice lens. You can read the full chat on...
"I am frustrated with the legal system," writes Ahmad Abuznaid of the Dream Defenders. "Our communities are frustrated with the system. It has been a frustration that has spanned centuries; we have seen and utilized many different tactics and forms...
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