Tag: Social issues
public service unions speak out against Javier Milei’s “austerity shock”
In Argentina, mobilizations are increasing to protest against the “ austerity shock » put in place by Javier Milei in order to drastically reduce public spending. Yesterday, public service unions…
farmers in force in Berlin to put pressure on the government
German farmers are angry. The cancellation of subsidies announced in December 2023 by the government led to a large-scale social movement across the country. This Monday, January 15, thousands will…
study reveals patient discrimination in emergency rooms
A study carried out by an emergency doctor from Montpellier (south-east) and published this week in the international journal European Journal of Emergency Medicineshows the importance of prejudices in the…
Fabien Truong, the size of the origins
He is a sociologist who is comfortable in his shoes. A new generation sociologist who ties his shoelaces, either to scream into the microphone with his punk friends, or to…
Food insecurity among students: “Accommodation remains largely the number one expense item”
The first student union in France published an alarming survey this Wednesday, January 10, in which we learned that one in five students does not have enough to eat in…
the number of homeless people is soaring
This is the consequence of the cost of living and housing crises in the UK. This phenomenon, which particularly concerns rural areas, has varied causes, and the associations’ appeals to…
many neighborhoods in Antananarivo lack water or suffer cuts
Water is running out in the Malagasy capital Antananarivo at the end of the year: standpipes are cut off for several hours or suffer from low flow. Tensions on the…
Argentinians demonstrate en masse against the “mega-decree” which deregularizes labor law
In Argentina, the “ mega-decree », as the local press calls it, comes into force on Friday December 29. Among the approximately 300 changes to legal rules it contains, this…
Municipal police strike during Christmas and New Year
To demand better pay conditions, a collective of “angry municipal police officers” and several unions called on the more than 25,000 municipal police officers, employed by town halls, to strike…
the first meetings of feminism were held in Rabat
Debates and exchanges around the status of women in Morocco. This is the objective of the first edition of the Feminism Conference organized on Saturday December 16 in Rabat by…