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WEBINAR - MAKE ICT FAIR
29 January 2021

Promoting responsible sourcing of minerals in ICT supply chains through public procurement

There are more than 60 metals in a typical smartphone. They are sourced all over the world and their e...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Interview with Electronics Worker

Interview with Diwatai* who has worked for 20 years in electronics manufacturing in a special economic...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Interview with UN Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights

As part of the report Hazardous chemicals in ICT manufacturing and the impacts on female workers in th...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Electronics Watch Comment

21 January 2021 Electronics Watch´s comment on Swedwatch's report Hazardous chemicals in ICT manufa...
Call to action
21 January 2021

Electronics brands must protect workers from hazardous chemicals in the Philippines

Results from a new Swedwatch survey indicate shortcomings in the human rights processes of leading sma...
Call to action
MAKE ICT FAIR
14 December 2020

Swedwatch webinar on public procurement and minerals in electronics

Swedwatch Webinar: Public procurement and minerals in electronics - Safeguarding human rights due dili...
Call to action
MAKE ICT FAIR
26 June 2020

ICT workers should not be exposed to hazardous chemicals

As electronics manufacturing has been widely outsourced to Asia in recent decades, so has exposure to...
Call to action
International Women's Day
06 March 2020

“I started getting death threats and rape threats.”

Swedwatch works with women human rights defenders challenging irresponsible business operations and ri...
Call to action
Teaching Materials
05 March 2020

Swedwatch teaching materials highlight dark side of electronics

What do the components of our mobile phones have to do with people getting clear water near Zambian co...
Call to action
Make ICT Fair
07 May 2019

Copper with a Cost – film on copper mining in Zambia

Swedwatch's film Copper with a Cost shows how community member’s access to clean water and farmland is...
Call to action
Make ICT Fair
06 May 2019

Environment and human rights risks in mining of ICT minerals

Unsustainable extraction of copper, a mineral frequently used in ICT products, has caused environmenta...
Call to action
Phones & electronic waste
26 April 2016

Operators miss the mark

“Change your mobile phone as often as you want”. Phone operators are advertising to their consumers to...
Call to action
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