Global Voices interviewed Javed Hussain via email about his work to improve the literacy skills and rights of women cotton pickers in Pakistan. The interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

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Labor and civil society leaders have raised concern over poor working condition of women cotton pickers. This discussion was organized by Sindh Community Foundation and led by the Javed Hussain, ...

Southeast Texas—It’s hard to believe we’re coming up on another year of our fall cotton harvest. Hi y’all. It’s Sherry Zimmerman from Bishop, Texas, with Zimmerman Farms. We run two combines in the ...

MEERAN PUR, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Azeema Khatoon, a mother of five, has spent most of her life laboring in Pakistan's sunbaked cotton fields for less than $2 a day. Last year, she ...