Equidem Nepal

Equidem Nepal is a human rights and labour rights expert organisation. We do evidence-based research and advocacy to advance worker rights in Nepal and abroad.

[Equidem Nepal @EquidemN]

Thousands of Nepalis are taken abroad irregularly for employment on visitor visas which has put these workers in incredibly dangerous situations, vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. An Op-Ed in @OnlineKhabar_En by Equidem's @r_nepal here: https://t.co/xpcFh6Q7PU

[Equidem Nepal @EquidemN]

As the International Labour Conference prepares to begin negotiations this week on a proposed international labour standard on platform work, @EquidemOrg's @r_nepal writes on why the voices of migrant workers must be at the centre of the debate. Read here: https://t.co/stC9yyc2oN

[Equidem Nepal @EquidemN]

हाल मध्यपूर्वमा भैरहेको युद्धले नेपाली र अन्य आप्रवासी श्रमिकमा देखिएको जोखिम र चुनौतिका विषयमा इक्वीडेमले खाडी देशका श्रमिकहरुका बीच गरेको Rapid Assessment को Findings का आधारमा जारी गरेको Statement

https://t.co/Kapn6H8nzo

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

🚨 New Statement Alert

As the crisis in the Middle East escalates, Equidem is issuing a statement based on rapid investigation findings from conversations with 44 migrant workers across six Gulf countries.

The statement:
⚠️ Documents the immediate impacts on migrant workers’ safety, livelihoods, and well-being
⚠️ Highlights long-standing structural failures in labour governance systems that have intensified the impacts of the current crisis on migrant workers
🚨 Sets out immediate demands for employers, governments, and embassies to ensure the safety of migrant workers
🚨 Outlines longer-term reforms needed to address root causes and prevent recurring harm

With immediate protection and meaningful structural reform, a different future is possible for migrant workers in the Gulf — one in which they are not treated as expendable in times of crisis, but recognised as essential and fully entitled to safety, dignity, and rights.

👉 Read the full statement now :

https://t.co/edbHMP0uSY

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

Equidem is organising a co-creation workshop: Advancing Justice and Dignity in the Care Economy

On 26 February 2026 in Nairobi, worker and survivor leaders, advocates, policymakers, funders, and researchers will come together to shape solutions for decent work in care and domestic work across migration corridors from Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In an ageing world increasingly dependent on care labour, African care workers sustain households and economies across borders — yet many still face unsafe recruitment, debt, isolation, and limited access to remedy. Change is urgent.

This workshop is different: workers and survivors are not participants being consulted, but partners co-creating recommendations alongside civil society, governments, and funders.

We will focus on:
• strengthening protection across migration pathways
• improving accountability in recruitment and employment systems
• centering worker and survivor voice in policy and practice
• identifying concrete actions for governments, employers, and civil society
Join online and listen in on the conversation:
https://t.co/NlAPBQ7CHB

If you are a worker, survivor, or part of civil society, government, business, or research communities and would like to attend, please write to us at [email protected].

#CareEconomy #MigrantWorkers #WorkerVoice #SurvivorLeadership #DecentWork #LabourRights #Migration

[Equidem Nepal @EquidemN]

यसै हप्ता नेपाल-साउदी अरेबियाबीच श्रम सम्झौता हुँदैछ । साउदी जाने हजारौँ श्रमिकहरु उपरको गम्भीर शोषण र ज्यादतीले वर्षौदेखि निरन्तरता पाइरहेको सन्दर्भमा सो सम्झौताले के कस्ता विषयमा ध्यान दिनुपर्छ ?@EquidemN का @r_nepal को @Online_khabar मा प्रकाशित विचारः https://t.co/Ia9hCVhwyx

[@IOMNepal @IOMnepal]

IOM convened a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on strengthening labour migration governance in the Nepal–GCC corridor. Govt, human rights bodies, civil society, private sector & partners reaffirmed their commitment to ethical recruitment & protecting Nepali migrant workers. #IMD2025

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

This is the fight that will shape worker rights in the digital age.

At the ILO’s International Labour Conference, one of the major questions under debate was:

👉 When an algorithm assigns tasks, sets pay rates, or deactivates accounts, is it exercising labor management or merely facilitating a commercial transaction?

It sounds deceptively simple but it’s the million-dollar question that will define the future of work in digital and AI-driven supply chains.

Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee and Nandita Shivakumar, drawing from Equidem’s latest research, explain:

🔴 Why this question matters for workers in the platform economy.
🔴 Why the debate has become so contentious at the ILO.
🔴 Why the answer has implications far beyond Geneva — from content moderators in Kenya to platform workers in Indonesia.

Read the full piece here: https://t.co/j838qw1RFc

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

Equidem’s Rameshwar Nepal recently joined one of Nepal’s most well-known podcasters, Sushant Pradhan, for an in-depth conversation on the urgent issues confronting Nepali migrant workers.

From exploitative recruitment practices to unsafe conditions abroad, the discussion underscores why action is needed -- not just from governments in Nepal and destination countries, but also from recruitment agencies, employers, and the multinational brands that profit from their labour.

🎧 Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/1PByw4G2JK

[FES Future of Work @FES_FoW]

Day 2⃣ of #ETUC-FES Trade Union #PlatForum

Yesterday, we had an insightful debate how the transposition of the #PlatformDirective can ensure fair #PlatformWork! W. @TeaJarc @leilachaibi @victor_alaster & M.Schneider (@BMAS_Bund)!

Today, many interesting workshops ahead today!

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

On Decent Work Day : Workers Rally for Injury Compensation Rights in Thailand

Today, workers and allies took to the streets in Thailand to demand full and fair compensation from the Worker Injury Compensation Fund. The protest was organized under the leadership of the Thai Labour Solidarity Confederation (TLSC) with the support and participation of members from the Southern Riders Association (a member of the Global Gig Workers Alliance).

Their call is clear: when workers get hurt on the job, they must be protected — not left destitute.

Across Asia and beyond, gig and platform workers are facing growing risks without any real safety net. Delivery riders and drivers, who often spend 10–12 hours a day on the road, are routinely misclassified as “independent contractors,” excluded from national injury compensation or health insurance schemes. When accidents occur, companies deny responsibility, leaving workers and their families to shoulder medical costs and lost income.

In Thailand, riders have long demanded reforms to ensure that the Worker Injury Compensation Fund covers gig workers too — a demand that echoes across the Global South as millions of workers continue to be denied even the most basic labour protections.

On this World Day for Decent Work, we stand shoulder to shoulder with all workers fighting for dignity, safety, and justice, from factory floors to city streets.
Power and solidarity to TLSC and Southern Riders Association — your fight is our fight. ✊

#DecentWorkDay #Thailand #WorkerRights #GigWorkers #DecentWork #Solidarity #Equidem

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

📢 “If I wear your company’s shirt, follow your algorithm, follow your behaviour metrics, and you pay me — then you are my employer. Don’t call me a freelancer.”

In our latest interview, Winston Kelly, a former rider, rider captain, and Chair of the Foodora Works Council, speaks powerfully about the real struggles of delivery riders and platform workers, exposing how algorithmic control dictates every aspect of their work and lives.

Equidem stands in solidarity with Winston and the thousands of platform workers demanding fundamental labour rights, social protection, and recognition as worker.

Watch the video now 📷

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

🚨 The future of platform work is being written and we must get it right.

@EquidemOrg has joined civil society allies in submitting detailed comments to the ILO on the draft Convention and Recommendation on decent work in the platform economy (Brown Report).

We welcome the Committee’s decision to move forward with binding standards but the current draft leaves too many gaps.

📣 We urge the adoption of a robust Convention and Recommendation that:

📌Covers all platform workers, regardless of contractual form, and recognises platforms’ role in organising work;

📌Establishes a legal presumption of employment to combat misclassification;

📌Introduces joint and several liability across intermediaries;

📌Places direct, binding obligations on platforms for transparency, fair remuneration (including waiting time), occupational health and safety, data rights, and grievance systems;

📌Secures freedom of association and collective bargaining, including protection from algorithmic retaliation;

📌Guarantees equal protection for women, migrants, and refugee workers; and

📌Ensures effective dispute resolution and enforcement, including access to courts and remedies, with no forced arbitration.

Without these changes, the Convention risks entrenching exploitative business models instead of regulating them.

❗️ The deadline to submit feedback to the ILO on the Brown report is November 14. If you’re a CSO, trade union, or government body, please share your feedback now, the more voices that speak up, the stronger this Convention can become.

🔗 Read our full joint statement:
https://t.co/sdtU1mu1Cs

#ILO #BrownReport #DecentWork #GigEconomy #PlatformWork #LabourRights #FOA #AI #Equidem #CSO #Union #FairWork

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

🌍 As Climate Week 2025 unfolds, one truth is clearer than ever: there is no climate justice without labour justice.

The transition to renewables cannot be called 'just' if it reproduces exploitation, deepens inequality, or silences the very workers whose labour makes it possible.

At Equidem, our research shows how climate change intersects with existing hierarchies of race, class, gender, and migration to create new layers of precarity and violence. And yet, we also see how workers and their organizations are at the forefront of building fairer, more sustainable futures.

This #ClimateWeek, we’re calling on governments, investors, and corporations to anchor climate action in the dignity, safety, and rights of workers. That means:
✅ Binding labour standards and human rights due diligence in every renewable project
✅ Worker protections as a non-negotiable condition for climate finance
✅ Freedom of association and safe collective voice so that workers can shape the very transitions they are living through
✅ Measuring labour rights as climate indicators alongside other environmental indicators

⚡ A zero-carbon future built on exploitation is neither just nor sustainable. But a transition rooted in fairness, accountability, and worker voice can deliver something extraordinary: a world where decarbonisation and decent work advance hand in hand.

Read our full statement here : https://t.co/HbEDcBm2MG

#ClimateWeekNYC #LabourJustice #ClimateJustice #JustTransition

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

🚨 Public Event Alert – Join us at UNGA 2025 🚨

At this year’s UN General Assembly, when so many of us are reckoning with deepening authoritarianism and the erosion of democracy, @EquidemOrg brings forward stories of hope, of solidarity and democracy being rebuilt from below through the power of labor movements.

Join us for this gathering with speakers from the Global Gig Workers Alliance, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, the Alphabet Workers Union, the National Nurses Association, and more.

📅 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
⏰ 8:30–10:30 AM EST
📍 Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York
🔥 Seats are limited!
👉 RSVP (in person): https://t.co/PRvYFl4aBT…
🚇 Nearest metro: Grand Central
👉 Register (online): https://t.co/m5aNvr1gQq

[Equidem Nepal @EquidemN]

अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मानव अधिकार तथा श्रम अधिकार संस्था इक्विडेमले जेनजी आन्दोलनपछि बनेको सरकारले वैदेशिक रोजगार प्रणाली अधिकारमुखी बनाउन ऐतिहासिक अवसर रहेको बताउँदै वैदेशिक रोजगार प्रणाली सुधार गर्न सरकारलाई ७ बुँदे सुझाव दिएको छ । https://t.co/oogYTVlmoJ

[Equidem.org @EquidemOrg]

📝 New blog from Equidem CEO Mustafa Qadri: To Defend Democracy, Defend Labour

In this powerful new piece, Mustafa reflects on two recent Equidem-hosted events, one during the UN General Assembly and the other at the ETUC Platforum, and makes a compelling argument:

🛠️ Reviving democracy requires investing in workers’ rights, rebuilding the institutions that protect them, and resisting the corporate capture of our political and economic systems.

He outlines three urgent reasons why:

🔹 Workplaces are democracy’s training ground
When workers are empowered to speak up, organise, and bargain collectively, they gain the voice and power needed to participate meaningfully in democratic life.

🔹 Authoritarians fear organised labour
Trade unions are often the first targets of authoritarian regimes—because organised workers are one of the few forces capable of holding state and corporate power to account.

🔹 The future is already being built
From green energy to AI, our economies are being reshaped now. If labour rights aren’t embedded from the start, we risk entrenching systems of exploitation that will define the next generation’s working lives.

📖 Read the full blog →
🔗 https://t.co/YhU05MC7nS

#LabourRights #Democracy #HumanRights #JustTransition #FOA #UNGA #ETUC #Equidem

[ITUC @ituc]

Imagine a world without labour rights…
No minimum wage. No safety. No voice. No balance.

This isn’t just a warning — it’s a call to action.
We need a New Social Contract that delivers:
✊ Trade union rights
💼 Good jobs
💰 Decent wages
🛡️ Social protection
⚖️ Equality and inclusion

📅 World Day for Decent Work – 7 October 2025
Decent work is not a privilege — it’s a right.

🔗 https://t.co/6r3yauXvw6

#WDDW25 #DecentWork #WorkersRights #NewSocialContract #ForDemocracy #Solidarity

[Kantipur @ekantipur_com]

साउदीमा १० वर्षमा १८ सयलाई मृत्युदण्ड, ७५ प्रतिशत विदेशी नागरिक https://t.co/zCzzbDHeWz

[Kantipur @ekantipur_com]

साउदी अरबमा अर्का नेपालीले पाए मृत्युदण्ड
@homkarki2

https://t.co/Ic30OTMWQ1

[Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) @Sport_Rights]

🚨 The #SRA joins @bssfbel in calling on the international sports & human rights community to urgently pay attention to the disappearance of #AnatolKotau, a prominent sports official & long-standing advocate for the rights of Belarusian athletes.

➡️ https://t.co/IAxWRbp7M1