Many African countries have a major youth unemployment problem. With growing populations, more must be done to create jobs and help young people develop the right skills.
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According to international data, almost three times as many people die at work in New Zealand than in the UK, which has a similar risk-management framework for work safety.
Pressure from business leaders and a simple legislative process leave few excuses for not introducing rules to combat modern slavery in commercial supply chains.
Natural resources are an important factor in explaining why some rebel groups forcibly recruit children into their ranks.
South Africa’s embrace of international conventions has buttressed the country’s reputation in statistical circles. But these global standards prove a poor fit for the country.
Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights.
South African law requires surrogate mothers to hand infants to their legal parents without undue delay. But it doesn’t provide leave for these parents to care for their infants. That is set to change.
Only 28% of working women across the globe are fully protected by maternity laws that provide for time off work with full pay.
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Programme Director, Centre for Labour Law; Lecturer in Mercantile Law, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer in Labour Law, North-West University
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Assistant professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
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Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs in the College of Distance Education, US Naval War College
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Professor of Political Arithmetic, University of Amsterdam
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Assistant professor at Radboud University, Radboud University
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Professor of political science, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Worksafe New Zealand Chair in Health and Safety, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
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Data Scientist with World Data Lab and Lecturer in Machine Learning and Data Science, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Pro Vice-Chancellor: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director: Southern Centre for Inequality Studies., University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, Sciences Po
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Senior lecturer, University of the Western Cape
