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Thread: So proud of our @globalvoices community for our #COVIDー19 coverage. In this thread, I’ll share some of our stories on how the pandemic has been affecting the lives and livelihoods of under-priviliged communities and at-risk groups, and people's digital rights.
In #Nigeria, many depend on daily wages for survival and cannot afford the privilege of self-isolation, writes @feathersproject. https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/02/nigerias-elite-above-the-law-as-the-poor-struggle-with-covid-19-measures/
In #Uganda, where the ‘’informal sector is a vital lifeline for women,’’ women street vendors were beaten on March 26 by the police to enforce a ban on the sale of non-food items, @sandraaceng reports: https://globalvoices.org/2020/03/28/market-mayhem-in-uganda-as-covid-19-measures-upend-womens-lives/
In #Cambodia, nearly 1,000 garment workers staged a strike after the owner of their factory failed to pay their wages, due to declining payments from buyers during the ongoing #COVIDー19 pandemic. https://globalvoices.org/2020/03/30/cambodian-garment-workers-strike-over-unpaid-wages-amid-covid-19-outbreak/
In #Russia, for many women and girls, staying home means being locked up with a serial abuser and feminist activists are fearing an epidemic of dometic violence. https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/03/as-russia-goes-into-lockdown-feminists-fear-an-epidemic-of-domestic-violence/
In #Colombia, lockdown measures may hinder women's access to abortion: ‘’if the emergency health policies and decrees are not designed within a human rights framework or from a gender perspective, many women will be at risk and unprotected.’’ https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/03/lockdown-in-colombia-will-affect-the-right-to-abortion-says-human-rights-lawyer/
In #Myanmar, the government ordered telecommunication service providers to block websites supposedly in the name of fighting #COVIDー19. Affected websites included those of registered ethnic media agencies. https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/04/06/blocked-websites-internet-shutdown-and-media-arrests-undermine-free-speech-in-myanmar/
In #India, the government launched an app that alerts users when they are within six feet of a person infected with the coronavirus, raising privacy concerns, @subhapa reports. https://advox.globalvoices.org/2020/04/06/is-india-fighting-covid-19-the-mass-surveillance-way/
These are just a few of the many #COVIDー19 stories we published so far. For more stories check out our special coverage page: https://globalvoices.org/specialcoverage/covid-19-global-coverage-for-a-pandemic/
I'm updating this thread with more @globalvoices #COVIDー19 stories published over the past week. I will keep updating every few days or so, as more stories get published.
Governments in Jordan, Oman, Morocco, the UAE, and Yemen suspended the printing and distribution of newspapers, despite a lack of evidence on correlation between the circulation of print newspapers and the spread of the novel coronavirus. https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/14/fighting-covid-19-goes-hand-in-hand-with-shuttering-newspapers-across-mena-region/
‘’The mad rush by scientists and researchers to test potential treatments for #COVID-19 in scientific trials has revived a heated debate over the use of humans in critical drug trials in #Africa,’’ writes @travelfarnow https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/11/covid-19-revives-grim-history-of-medical-experimentation-in-africa/
As #China sees a surge in the number of imported #COVIDー19 cases foreigners have become a target: ‘’Africans have become the most visible targets of virus control measures and xenophobic sentiment’’, @oiwan writes: https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/13/africans-in-china-targeted-by-anti-foreigner-sentiment-amid-fear-of-second-wave-covid-19-outbreak/
In Balochistan province, Pakistani police used batons to break up a protest staged by health care workers on 6 April to demand more personal protective equipment, @UmaimaBlogger reports. https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/10/police-violently-break-up-protest-by-healthcare-workers-in-balochistan-pakistan/
