Tag: Women
Chinese tattoo artist tells women’s stories through ink
In a country where spaces for female self-expression have shrunk in recent years, getting a tattoo can feel like an empowering act
Philippine women workers march to call for end of ‘contractualization’ of...
Aside from the Herrera law, the government has implemented policies that the activists said made life worse for Filipino workers
Pakistani Catholic escapes forced conversion to Islam
Kinza was raped and forcefully converted to Islam after five men abducted her from her house in the area of Lahore on Sept. 19, 2022
The Japanese ex-soldier who declared war on sexual abuse
Her story has inspired dozens more people to report sexual and other abuse in the military
Women’s group warns against Philippines’ ‘dangerous liaisons to set war against...
Gabriela said it would be "foolish" to believe that the US and Japan "are here to form military ties with Philippine interests in mind”
Photos: Filipino women ‘rise for freedom’
The event is one of thousands of global activities that are taking place in over 90 countries around the world this month
UN presses Taliban for ‘clarity’ on women’s role in aid delivery
Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban government has rapidly squeezed women out of public life
The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess
The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule
Photos: ‘No to food price hikes’
Philippine women farmers and their supporters stage a demonstration to demand an immediate solution to the rising prices of food
Philippine gov’t agencies sign implementing rules of law prohibiting child marriage
The law aims to abolish “unequal structures and practices that perpetuate discrimination and inequality”
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