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#13005437

19 November 2025

Young doctors raise a sign reading in Arabic, ''O Ministry of Achievements, slavery is over,'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005444

19 November 2025

Young doctors raise a sign reading in Arabic ''No to the abuse of our struggles'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005450

19 November 2025

A young doctor holds a sign reading in French ''a wage of misery'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005460

19 November 2025

A young doctor holds a sign reading in French, ''we are not pawns in your chess,'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005467

19 November 2025

A young female doctor raises a sign bearing a caricature with text in Arabic, ''Work and shut up,'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike. This event brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005473

19 November 2025

A young doctor holds a sign reading in French, ''the Ministry of Health urgently needs a brain scan,'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike. This event brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005474

19 November 2025

A young female doctor raises a sign bearing a caricature with text in Arabic, ''24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Tough luck,'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike. This event brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005477

19 November 2025

Young doctors raise a sign reading in Arabic and English, ''the implement of the agreement, from 3rd July to...?'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#13005480

19 November 2025

Young doctors hold a large banner reading in Arabic ''Doctors serving the people and the nation'' during a rally organized by the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors (OTJM) as part of a nationwide strike that brings together hundreds of young doctors near Tunisia's Parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia, on November 19, 2025. Young doctors demand the implementation of the agreement signed with the Health Ministry last July. The rally coincides with a parliamentary session debating the Ministry of Health's budget as part of the 2026 Finance Law. In July, the Tunisian Organisation of Young Doctors reaches an agreement with the Ministry of Health to secure better working conditions for young doctors, especially residents, ensure payment of long-overdue on-call allowances and salaries, an increase in allowances, as well as improvement of public healthcare.

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#12929559

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929560

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929561

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929562

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929563

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929564

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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#12929565

31 October 2025

Nepali nurses working at a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 31, 2025, take part in a protest expressing solidarity with those demanding fair pay and benefits. In a phased manner, nurses from hospitals across the Himalayan nation stage protests demanding assurance of minimum salary, allowances, and benefits. Nurses working in government hospitals now come forward expressing solidarity with those demanding pay, allowances, and benefits equal to government standards. A 15-point demand is put forward by the Nursing Association. Their demands include implementing the Ministry of Health and Population's directive dated October 10, 2025, ensuring that the minimum remuneration of health workers is not lower than that of government employees, providing allowances for additional work, ending daily-wage employment, and paying salaries and allowances through the banking system. The protesting nurses also demand recognition of skilled nursing professionals, who have long been treated as laborers, to be formally recognized and managed under the Health Act.

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