Despite police pressures and intimidation, the rally was addressed by the Mahmood Achakzai, the opposition leader at National Assembly and Salman Akram Raja, general secretary Pakistan Tahreek Insaaf of former jailed prime minister Imran Khan. The majority of participants were women workers, thanks to Labour Education Foundation and Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee who mobilized over 600 women workers for the rally. Over 800 textile workers from Faisalabad came to Lahore to participate (…)

« Je vous propose de commencer par un retour sur la question 'Le syndicalisme et la réforme' avant de tenter de situer le débat dans l'histoire du syndicalisme. » Introduction : les termes du débat Merci au cercle Condorcet, et en particulier à mon collègue Serge Reneau et à Christian Bouchard, pour cette invitation qui me donne l'occasion de réfléchir avec vous à un grand problème de notre société. Mon objectif ce soir est d'engager un échange sur cette question entre personnes (…)

The Islamabad High Court has ruled that all assets accumulated during marriage must be divided equitably, and that domestic labour and caregiving must not be ranked beneath earned income. The judgment was the product of a coordinated campaign led by the Legal Aid Society Pakistan and the legal-reform organisation Musawi, supported by the transnational Islamic feminist network Musawah; it draws on both the secular and Islamic feminist traditions Pakistani feminist organisations have developed (…)