Tag: Human rights
Photos: Philippine urban poor settlers lose homes to development
The residents pleaded to authorities and tried to set up barricades to no avail as demolition teams entered the community
Women’s march for equality and justice
What is needed is not only belief in the rights of women and children but action for a change of mind and heart among men and women
Tibetans in India’s Ladakh region celebrate New Year
The event celebrates what Tibetan Buddhists believe was the Buddha’s revealing of miraculous powers on the first 15 days of that month
Philippines urged to compensate WWII sex slave survivors
During World War II, up to 200,000 women across Asia including the Philippines were forced to work in Japanese military brothels
Thousands of women rally in Pakistan despite legal hurdles
Videos posted on social media showed several police officers baton charging participants as they tried to join the demonstration
Afghan women ‘most repressed in the world,’ says UN mission
Authorities have removed women from all but essential government jobs, or are paying them a fraction of their former salary to stay at home
Photos: Women’s Day observance in the Philippines
Women’s groups in the Philippine capital mark International Women’s Day with activities calling attention to the plight of Filipino women
Rights, women’s groups ‘stand in solidarity’ with all women victims of...
Hundreds of women, women workers, and advocates of women's rights marched in the streets of the capital Manila to raise their demands
Philippine bishop calls for stronger resistance against ‘rape of nature’
“Destroying the environment is a sin. And so as believers, we are obliged to protect our only home,” Bishop Mesiona said
Authorities detain Buddhist monk during peace march across Cambodia
The spokesman for the Ministry of Cults and Religions, Seng Somony, said he wasn't aware of the incident but would look into it
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