Dear friends,
Warm greetings from Jakarta, Bangkok, Sofia, Geneva, and Bahía Blanca!
Since our last e-bulletin, we have welcomed several new colleagues to our team – Milena and Nadia who are working remotely, and Sumati, Srishty, Su Mon, Maya, Charlotte, and Jennifer who joined us in Bangkok. We are excited to have an office full of energetic and committed feminists again!
In the last few months, we have become increasingly concerned about the ramifications of the ‘cost of living crisis’ for women migrant and low-wage workers. Just as the world is beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now seeing dramatic increases in the cost of food, fuel, and other goods, and the accompanying shortages of basic necessities. The reasons for these are well-known – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, increased government debt and reduced economic activity due to COVID-19, rising interest rates, and the climate crisis, among others. But it also seems like there is something inherently wrong with the way our economies are organised if we are moving from one crisis straight into another.