Eswari
@thateswari.bsky.social
Research Consultant. Migration, Labour Rights, BHR. Asia/Africa. Passionate about people, politics, and plates of food. Life is 'pagne 🥂
📍 Kerala
IG handle: i_rawse
Substack: irawse.substack.com
📍 Kerala
IG handle: i_rawse
Substack: irawse.substack.com
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Eswari
@thateswari.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello again to all the very cool and inspiring people who have just started following me! 🍻
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
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“You have one guy who knows his rights and you lose all of them.”
Across the US, seasonal migrant workers face exploitation, extortion, and dangerous job conditions. Lillian Perlmutter @thebaffler.com spoke to over a dozen of them to learn about their experiences.
thebaffler.com/latest/trick...
Across the US, seasonal migrant workers face exploitation, extortion, and dangerous job conditions. Lillian Perlmutter @thebaffler.com spoke to over a dozen of them to learn about their experiences.
thebaffler.com/latest/trick...
Trick Clock | Lillian Perlmutter
Seasonal migrant workers are the backbone of the agriculture industry. Labor abuse is already widespread—but it’s set to get worse under Trump.
thebaffler.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:46 PM
“You have one guy who knows his rights and you lose all of them.”
Across the US, seasonal migrant workers face exploitation, extortion, and dangerous job conditions. Lillian Perlmutter @thebaffler.com spoke to over a dozen of them to learn about their experiences.
thebaffler.com/latest/trick...
Across the US, seasonal migrant workers face exploitation, extortion, and dangerous job conditions. Lillian Perlmutter @thebaffler.com spoke to over a dozen of them to learn about their experiences.
thebaffler.com/latest/trick...
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It is very clear Syria is still not a safe country. It is obvious that there will still be people needing asylum. Germany, Austria, France et al freezing claims shows how countries just wait for an excuse, and will use any they can, to prevent people seeking safety, even when lives are still at risk
December 9, 2024 at 4:28 PM
It is very clear Syria is still not a safe country. It is obvious that there will still be people needing asylum. Germany, Austria, France et al freezing claims shows how countries just wait for an excuse, and will use any they can, to prevent people seeking safety, even when lives are still at risk
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For the @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @justinhendrix.bsky.social and I spoke about border tech, dehumanization, and how we can fight the politics of difference that separate us from one another.
Audio and transcript👇
Audio and transcript👇
For the Tech Policy Press podcast, I spoke to Petra Molnar (@petramolnar.com)about her book, The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: www.techpolicy.press/petra-molnar...
Petra Molnar on Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence | TechPolicy.Press
Molnar is author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, published by The New Press in May 2024.
www.techpolicy.press
December 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM
For the @techpolicypress.bsky.social, @justinhendrix.bsky.social and I spoke about border tech, dehumanization, and how we can fight the politics of difference that separate us from one another.
Audio and transcript👇
Audio and transcript👇
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.@HRW: Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses, some of which may amount to forced labor, across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to its sovereign wealth fund. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ Built on Widespread Labor Abuses
Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign w...
www.hrw.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:06 PM
.@HRW: Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia are facing widespread abuses, some of which may amount to forced labor, across employment sectors and geographic regions, including at high profile giga-projects funded by or linked to its sovereign wealth fund. www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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INDIA: Gig and Platform Workers’ Union seeks intervention for issues faced by gig workers www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union seeks intervention for issues faced by gig workers
Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union seeks intervention for issues faced by gig workers, including exploitation and illegal operations.
www.thehindu.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM
INDIA: Gig and Platform Workers’ Union seeks intervention for issues faced by gig workers www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
New substack rant on working in the CSO space as a young woman: open.substack.com/pub/irawse/p...
Humans among us.
When the 'cause' erases your existence.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 PM
New substack rant on working in the CSO space as a young woman: open.substack.com/pub/irawse/p...
Pls help boost!
I'm looking for women-run orgs working with returnee female migrant workers or current domestic workers at destination countries for the Global South. Potential solidarity/advocacy networking opportunity. Any leads? Do your thing Bsky pls 🥺🙏
November 27, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Pls help boost!
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No it couldn't. Hope that helps.
Immigration, borders and asylum actually, despite political posturing, have minimal impact on other areas because they are primarily self funded, via other migrants' extortionate visa costs for example. This is purely fearmongering and scapegoating by the Telegraph.
Immigration, borders and asylum actually, despite political posturing, have minimal impact on other areas because they are primarily self funded, via other migrants' extortionate visa costs for example. This is purely fearmongering and scapegoating by the Telegraph.
November 26, 2024 at 6:40 AM
No it couldn't. Hope that helps.
Immigration, borders and asylum actually, despite political posturing, have minimal impact on other areas because they are primarily self funded, via other migrants' extortionate visa costs for example. This is purely fearmongering and scapegoating by the Telegraph.
Immigration, borders and asylum actually, despite political posturing, have minimal impact on other areas because they are primarily self funded, via other migrants' extortionate visa costs for example. This is purely fearmongering and scapegoating by the Telegraph.
Essential in a country like Malaysia, facing increasing impex pressures, labour mkt stressors, and race to the bottom tactics by suppliers and businesses.
MALAYSIA: Workers Urged To Join Trade Unions To Safeguard Welfare bernama.com/en/general/n...
Workers Urged To Join Trade Unions To Safeguard Welfare
KESUMA, trade union, constraints, worker, platform
bernama.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Essential in a country like Malaysia, facing increasing impex pressures, labour mkt stressors, and race to the bottom tactics by suppliers and businesses.
I'm looking for women-run orgs working with returnee female migrant workers or current domestic workers at destination countries for the Global South. Potential solidarity/advocacy networking opportunity. Any leads? Do your thing Bsky pls 🥺🙏
November 25, 2024 at 2:35 PM
I'm looking for women-run orgs working with returnee female migrant workers or current domestic workers at destination countries for the Global South. Potential solidarity/advocacy networking opportunity. Any leads? Do your thing Bsky pls 🥺🙏
Source: @archaeohistories.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Source: @archaeohistories.bsky.social
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What we are seeing in Sudan is a mass mobilization of people coordinating relief efforts in the face of an inadequate intl. aid response and an absent civilian state. The situation is catastrophic AND ppl can learn frm the mutual aid networks they built.
Please support them here:
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Please support them here:
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https://sudansolidarity.com/
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November 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
What we are seeing in Sudan is a mass mobilization of people coordinating relief efforts in the face of an inadequate intl. aid response and an absent civilian state. The situation is catastrophic AND ppl can learn frm the mutual aid networks they built.
Please support them here:
t.co/oasdF8htWV
Please support them here:
t.co/oasdF8htWV
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Have not seen much on here on Sudan, so I'm amplifying this horrific report that shows the number who are killed is higher than previously estimated.
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
More than 61,000 dead in Khartoum state alone, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine's Sudan Research Group finds: 26,000 of them killed as a direct result of the violence. Leading cause of death across Sudan is preventable disease and starvation.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sudan war: Death toll far higher than previously reported - study
More than 61,000 people have died in Khartoum state, where the fighting began last year, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Have not seen much on here on Sudan, so I'm amplifying this horrific report that shows the number who are killed is higher than previously estimated.
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
Adding here other writing to read to understand this war that has displaced over 11 million people; the highest displacement crisis globally. 🧵
A Unforgettable Sudanese Summer.
I spent 10 days in Khartoum for a research project in early 2021. We spoke to several stakeholders incl those of Hamdok transitional govt on labour migration concerns. The youth had so much hope and I was emotionally bound to Sudan since then.
I spent 10 days in Khartoum for a research project in early 2021. We spoke to several stakeholders incl those of Hamdok transitional govt on labour migration concerns. The youth had so much hope and I was emotionally bound to Sudan since then.
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 AM
A Unforgettable Sudanese Summer.
I spent 10 days in Khartoum for a research project in early 2021. We spoke to several stakeholders incl those of Hamdok transitional govt on labour migration concerns. The youth had so much hope and I was emotionally bound to Sudan since then.
I spent 10 days in Khartoum for a research project in early 2021. We spoke to several stakeholders incl those of Hamdok transitional govt on labour migration concerns. The youth had so much hope and I was emotionally bound to Sudan since then.
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In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.
Vice’s Hard-Right Turn to Trumpism
In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.
interc.pt
November 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
In new videos, Vice editor-in-chief Shane Smith treats immigrants as a problem and apologizes to Elon Musk for past coverage.
New story by @asawinstanley.com for @intifada.bsky.social : The New York Times has killed an investigation by one of its own reporters into Israeli mob violence in Amsterdam earlier this month!
Sharing it here since I couldn't find the post on the Sky. electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
Sharing it here since I couldn't find the post on the Sky. electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
NY Times killed investigation of Israeli hooligans, internal email reveals
Reporter reveals frustration that editors blocked story on Amsterdam events falsely portrayed as anti-Semitic.
electronicintifada.net
November 19, 2024 at 2:14 AM
New story by @asawinstanley.com for @intifada.bsky.social : The New York Times has killed an investigation by one of its own reporters into Israeli mob violence in Amsterdam earlier this month!
Sharing it here since I couldn't find the post on the Sky. electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
Sharing it here since I couldn't find the post on the Sky. electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...
Heard of Bestinet? It's a company that provides IT services and a platform for migrant worker recruitment in Malaysia. Malaysia, similar to many destination countries in Asia has employer-tied visas but also sectoral divisions for its contractual migrant labour. Now, onto Bestinet... 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Heard of Bestinet? It's a company that provides IT services and a platform for migrant worker recruitment in Malaysia. Malaysia, similar to many destination countries in Asia has employer-tied visas but also sectoral divisions for its contractual migrant labour. Now, onto Bestinet... 🧵
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There’s a reason so many academics are dismissive of the Trump/Musk/Vivek types and it’s that we’re all very aware of the Overconfident Bro Who Hasn’t Done the Reading But Still Wants to Lead the Discussion
November 17, 2024 at 10:52 PM
There’s a reason so many academics are dismissive of the Trump/Musk/Vivek types and it’s that we’re all very aware of the Overconfident Bro Who Hasn’t Done the Reading But Still Wants to Lead the Discussion
Hello again to all the very cool and inspiring people who have just started following me! 🍻
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Hello again to all the very cool and inspiring people who have just started following me! 🍻
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
A quick intro : I'm a freelance researcher with experience in civil society and ESG, working on international migration, labour rights and responsible business practices. 1/n
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Not to be overly picky here, but the only thing anyone can learn from Italy's approach is that when you create harsher border policies you cause routes to shift, which also makes it harder to track accurate numbers of people using irregular routes. It doesn't actually stop people seeking safety.
November 17, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Not to be overly picky here, but the only thing anyone can learn from Italy's approach is that when you create harsher border policies you cause routes to shift, which also makes it harder to track accurate numbers of people using irregular routes. It doesn't actually stop people seeking safety.
Our Heritage Our Sudan page on IG is one of the best pages out there focused on preserving information on Sudanese culture and tradition.💓 Among my best finds.
November 17, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Our Heritage Our Sudan page on IG is one of the best pages out there focused on preserving information on Sudanese culture and tradition.💓 Among my best finds.
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My latest fieldwork had me (who speaks English, Hindi, Tamil) speak to Nepali migrants (Nepali, Hindi, Malay) and my colleague (Malay, Tamil and English). So naturally, I spoke in Tamil to her, Hindi to the worker, they spoke to each other in Malay and wrote it in English. I AM SPENT 😮💨😮💨
November 16, 2024 at 8:45 AM
My latest fieldwork had me (who speaks English, Hindi, Tamil) speak to Nepali migrants (Nepali, Hindi, Malay) and my colleague (Malay, Tamil and English). So naturally, I spoke in Tamil to her, Hindi to the worker, they spoke to each other in Malay and wrote it in English. I AM SPENT 😮💨😮💨