Tag: Women’s Rights
BRIDES FOR SALE | Vietnamese women trafficked to China
LAO CAI - When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
LAO CAI - When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party...
Vietnamese women trafficked to China for forced marriage
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern...
2 women share a wound that never heals, disappears
They are two hearts missing a part, brought together by the same goal: That someday, no mother, wife, friend or family member would experience the same uncertainty and “torture” they continue to endure for losing a loved one.
They are two hearts missing a part, brought together by the same...
Thailand urged to legislate commercial surrogacy controls
BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Thailand has been urged to quickly pass a law to control surrogacy; otherwise the country can be a hub of commercial surrogacy.
BANGKOK, Aug 19 -- Thailand has been urged to quickly pass a law to control surrogacy; otherwise the country can be a hub of...
Call for nominations for new govt rep for women’s rights on ASEAN commission
The Ministry of Social and Family Development invites civil society organisations (CSOs) to nominate suitable candidates for appointment as Singapore Government Representative for Women's Rights on the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
The term of office will be from Oct...
So close and yet so far on sex equality
In 1995, Thailand pledged to empower women and make gender equality a reality at the UN's historic conference on women in Beijing. But how are Thai women faring now?
Published: 1/10/2014 at 06:01 AM
Newspaper section: News
In 1995, Thailand pledged to empower women and make gender equality a reality at the...
MSF appoints new govt representative for women’s rights on Asean Commission
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has appointed Mrs Laura Hwang Cheng Lin as the new Singapore government representative for women's rights on the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Social and Family Development...
Cambodia Won’t Let Somaly Mam Start New NGO
Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek’s cover story on her in May and start over in her anti-sex-trafficking activism, but Cambodia won’t let her, according to The Cambodia Daily.
By Stav Ziv | 10/4/14 at 10:49 AM
Somaly Mam may want to forget all about Newsweek’s cover story...
Spotlight (Sept. / Oct. 2014): Women’s Rights Activists Resist Myanmar’s Proposed ‘Law On Protection Of Race And Religion’
Last March, Myanmar’s President established a committee to draft laws aimed at protecting ‘national race and religion’.
Source: AWID 06/10/2014
Last March, Myanmar’s President established a committee to draft laws aimed at protecting ‘national race and religion’. An alliance of influential Buddhist monks - from the religious nationalist movements 969 and...
International Cambodian Nightlife Workers Covered by Labor Laws
Cambodia enacted a regulation Wednesday to protect nightclub hostesses and other adult entertainment workers under the same laws that protect other workers' rights, a move that was hailed by the U.N.'s labor body.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Oct 8, 2014, 10:16 AM ET
Cambodia enacted a regulation Wednesday to protect nightclub...
