COVID-19 has disrupted labour markets around the world, causing a global manpower shortage. Lockdowns in the early months of the pandemic triggered an exodus of millions of rural migrant workers from booming megacities like New Delhi and Dhaka.

Women account for 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries, but account for only about seven percent of investment in the sector. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), investing more in female farmers could increase agricultural yields by up to 30 percent – almost enough to offset the decline in output expected by 2030 because of climate change.

The gig economy refers to the hiring of independent contractors and short-term workers by businesses. Talents that make up the gig economy are usually called freelancers, gig-workers, independent contractors and free agents.In recent years, more professionals are joining the gig economy to look for additional income or a change of pace in work.Technology is enabling gig economy workers to take on extra or freelance work from anywhere in the world.

A 2019 survey which included five ASEAN member states – Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines – found that Indonesia has come in worst in the region for women representation in management.

It is a universal assumption that mothers are the ones who take care of children, but more fathers are now taking time off to look after their new-born babies and their partners, soon after childbirth.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday proposed settling the Brexit crisis through an early election on December 12 that could help Britain finally find a way out of the European Union.The Conservative leaders' offer comes with his party leading opinion surveys and the opposition split over whether to back a snap poll or to seek a new EU membership referendum that could undo the one triggering Brexit in 2016.It also suggests that Johnson has all but given up on his repeated pledge t

More professionals are joining the gig economy to look for additional income or a change of pace in work. The gig economy refers to the hiring of independent contractors and short-term workers by businesses.

Card games and karaoke help migrant workers pass the time on the cramped houseboats of Hanoi’s Red River, swapping their privacy to eke out a living selling fruit for a few dollars a day. Temporary residents of these open-air boats have left the countryside in search of higher wages in the city.Life on a floating guesthouse can be tough.

It is a universal assumption that mothers are the ones who take care of children, but more fathers are now taking time off to look after their new-born babies and their partners soon after childbirth.

The construction industry in Cambodia is booming due to rising foreign investments. In 2019, the country’s construction sector attracted a total investment of US$3.39 billion, which is an increase of 57.5 percent over the same period last year.