Tag: Women
Photos: Filipino women rising
Women’s rights activists danced in parks and held unity rides in the Philippines to celebrate the One Billion Rising PH campaign
Malaysia’s mangrove-planting fishermen stumble at nature finance hurdle
Local communities seeking to tap into growing funding flows for nature protection often face barriers
Opposing violence against women and children
Reporting sexual abuse and saving the victims with protection and therapy with legal action by victims is essential to fight abuse
To dye for: Indonesia’s carbon-rich mangroves in fashion with women weavers
Mangroves have an outsize role in sequestering planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions but they are disappearing fast in Indonesia
Pope Francis calls domestic abuse ‘satanic’ during new television special
The pope said domestic abuse takes advantage of the weakness of someone who cannot defend themselves
Debt-trapped Lao ‘chat girls’ forced to sell sex in China-run economic...
Many women in the debt trap have attempted to reach out to Lao authorities for help
Women decry ‘misogynistic’ school exam question
A Catholic nun called on the media and other institutions in India “to expose the rotten mindset and cry foul”
Women in Myanmar join ’16 days of activism’ against gender-based violence
The campaign aims to raise awareness on violence against women, while the ribbon is a sign of protest against attacks on women
Cases of gender-based violence up during pandemic, says new report
The report also shows that not enough countries have acted with sufficient seriousness to tackle the “gender-based violence pandemic”
‘Dark future’: The distress of Afghan women who can no longer...
The United Nations predicts half of Afghanistan's population could run out of food during the long, cold winter
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