Disability rights threatened by bad working conditions for carers: independent expert

Disability rights threatened by bad working conditions for carers: independent expert

Gerard Quinn, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, said that “dead-end jobs, low wages, poor conditions and little room for social mobility” in the care sector are not a way to build resilient systems – as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown.  Women carers ‘severely disadvantaged’  Speaking at the opening of the…

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After the retaliatory attack in Syria, the US threatened Iran with dangerous consequences

After the retaliatory attack in Syria, the US threatened Iran with dangerous consequences

—Photo: Reuters Ottawa: US President Joe Biden has warned Iran that it will ‘use force’ to protect US citizens following a recent airstrike on ‘Iranian-backed forces’ in Syria. The US President’s statement has come at a time when there was a clash between US forces and Iranian ‘support forces’ in Syria yesterday and an American…

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