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Surrogate motherhood - controversial pregnancy

The right to children and surrogacy is a controversial issue. Photo: Leonardo Aguiar, Flickr

Of: Joanna Jimenez

Commercial surrogacy is a growing billion-dollar industry. Trade has raised questions about unequal power relations and women's human rights. Despite a ban in Sweden, Swedish childless couples can turn abroad. Several women's rights organizations believe that the growing industry must also be banned abroad. Many Swedes suffer from involuntary infertility. A state investigation from 2016 examined childless […]

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March 27, 2018, News

Ethiopia risks becoming a new low-wage paradise

Of: Deborah Solomon

In February 2016, H&M launched a project to improve the textile industry in Ethiopia as part of a project with Sida (the state agency for international development), Swedfund (a state venture capital company) and the ILO (International Labor Organization). Three months later, it was announced that H&M was opening a new textile factory for sustainable production. This applies to environmental awareness and to improving the living conditions of […]

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March 27, 2018, News