Lena Simet

1/ After nearly 3 years of research, our @hrw report The Gig Trap is finally out. It documents how companies like @Uber @lyft @DoorDash @Instacart @Shipt @Amazon Flex built a business model that undermines labor rights & deepens inequality in the US. A 🧵hrw.org/node/391214

NEW: @Oxfam's annual global inequality report🌏 Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years This year, we dive deep on the link between economic and political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me. oxfamamerica.org/press/billiona…

In #Hungary, poverty among people aged 65+ has more than doubled since 2018. A key driver: a pension system that leaves nearly 1 in 4 pensioners with incomes below the poverty threshold. Check out @hrw's latest report: hrw.org/news/2026/01/1…

In Hungary, almost half a million older people receive pensions that leave them living below the poverty line. In a new report, HRW documents how the Hungarian government is failing to ensure older people’s rights to social security and an adequate standard of living. Read more: bit.ly/4jBH4VG

Regular people are paying higher taxes for worsening public services, while huge companies & the ultra-rich pay little under a tax system designed 100 years ago. My op-ed on why a new UN tax treaty is a historic chance to enable governments to fund human rights👇

New year, new book!📚 @MatthewGreensl2's "Beyond the World Bank" is a powerful critique of the reliance on poverty targeting and makes a strong case for universal rights-aligned social security, drawing on experiences from Chile to Kenya, Nepal & more: bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-the-…

You cannot make sense of Nicolás Maduro’s removal without grasping the enormous financial interests involved with regime change in Caracas — and the long history of staggering cross-border wealth extraction from Venezuela to the US🧵

Worried about social security "fraud"? Research by @IEJ_SA in South Africa shows we need to look carefully at where the real problem lies. It's rarely beneficiaries who commit fraud, yet they bear the brunt of govt crackdowns. 👉iej.org.za/wp-content/upl…

Some truly good news for kids in 2025: China, Fiji, Japan, Morocco, Türkiye, and Tunisia expanded social security for children — and the UK will finally scrap the “2-child limit,” projected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty by 2030.

Is universal social security really affordable in low &middle income countries? Join us Thu Dec 4 @ 11:30am GMT for “Beyond the Unaffordability Myth” a socialprotection.org webinar co-organized by @hrw, launching a new @DevPathways & @Act_Svk. socialprotection.org/learn/webinars…

Support for independent living for people with disabilities is an essential component of the right to care, according to the @CorteIDH. The public care system proposal by @ClaraBrugadaM does not include it. hrw.org/news/2025/11/1…

Today @hrw submitted input on the draft @ILO treaty on decent work in the platform economy - the 1st global effort to set rules for work organized through businesses like Uber & DoorDash. A historic chance to ensure tech works for workers not against them: hrw.org/news/2025/11/1…

This week world leaders made commitments to fulfil rights at #WSS2. But this won’t happen without money. We’re now looking at Nairobi where the UN tax Convention negotiations are resuming on Monday - it could be the key to deliver on those commitments. hrw.org/news/2025/11/0…

ACA tax credits are a band-aid on on a broken healthcare system, but one that's protected millions from the often catastrophic harms of being uninsured Removing them w/o fixing the system isn't policy, it's cruelty More from @hrw and @OxfamAmerica ⬇️ hrw.org/news/2025/11/0…

NEW: @OxfamAmerica's US inequality report🧵 10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in past year As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed oxfamamerica.org/unequal

As the US government shutdown drags on, SNAP—the country's largest food assistance program—is set to halt Saturday, cutting off benefits for 42 million people. My @hrw colleague @JSpehn explains what’s at stake and why Congress must act.👇

Social protection is a human right. In a new report, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter warns that weakening social protection fuels the rise of far-right populism. Read more: ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

In his latest report, UN expert on poverty and human rights @DeSchutterO finds that austerity and cuts to social protection have fueled the rise of far-right populism.👇theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…

Yet another Gen Z–led protest over #inequality, unemployment, economic policies that fail the majority — this time in #Morocco, where the government spends billions on @FIFAcom World Cup 2030 stadiums while social spending lags.👉 bit.ly/4hgLq3h x.com/hrw/status/197…

📢EU Billionaires’ Wealth Surges by over €400 billion in first half of 2025. That’s over €2 billion a day. Our new report shows how decades of tax policies have been rigged to benefit the super-rich while squeezing ordinary people. 🔗oxfam.org/en/press-relea… #TaxTheRich

Morocco's youth have clear-cut demands for better healthcare, education & end to corruption. If the government can fund state-of-the art stadiums, it can afford to fund its healthcare. Calls for reform should not be met with repression, lethal force @hrw hrw.org/news/2025/10/1…