Tag: Women
No jail for mentally-ill woman found guilty of blasphemy in Indonesia
Judges find Catholic woman could not be held accountable for her actions
Cambodian garment workers face rocky road to work
They are forced to travel to work standing in the back of old trucks or vans
Rise of Chinese gambling firms causes spike in Philippine sex trafficking...
Authorities believe most of the sex dens cater to young Chinese male workers hired for the country’s offshore gambling operations
Indonesia’s Aceh now has Sharia female flogging teams
Women enforcers called up to whip ‘morality’ criminals into shape
Indian women lawmakers face abuse as global online hate rises
Online harassment is putting women off participating in public life
Philippine town pays last respects to woman who dared to dream
Migrant worker Jeanelyn Villavende was allegedly beaten to her death by her Kuwaiti employers
Enslaved then undercompensated: Double blow for India’s trafficked
Of an estimated 20 million commercial sex workers in India, 16 million women and girls are victims of sex trafficking
‘City not safe for girls’: Fear spreads amid Bangladesh sex crime...
MPs call for extrajudicial killing of rape suspects as demands for justice grow
Pope names first woman to senior Vatican diplomatic post
Last year, Pope Francis also appointed four women as first female councilors for the Synod of Bishops
Cut above the rest: Indian women gain self-reliance through crafts
Church training programs help women take the future into their own hands
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