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‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet
Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has been accompanied by new ways to harass women onlineGaatha S…
- Asia Pacific, Business, Food, Food & drink industry, Food safety, Indonesia, Life and style, Retail industry, Seafood, US news, Walmart, World news
‘Radioactive’ shrimp crisis: Indonesia grapples with contaminated industrial zone
Authorities investigate site after shrimp exported to the US found to contain the hazardous isotope Caesium-13…
- Employment, Environment, Ethical and green living, Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, Global health, India, Life and style, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonne…
- Education, Environment, Food, Foraging, Global development, Global health, Health & wellbeing, India, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Nutrition, School meals, Schools, South and Central Asia, Stunting, World news
Fish mint, Himalayan chives and berry pickle: how wild ingredients are transforming school dinners in India
In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chr…
- Afghanistan, Beauty, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, World news
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations…
- Afghanistan, Beauty, Gender, Global development, Human rights, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women under the Taliban, World news
Taliban launch crackdown on Afghanistan’s secret beauty salons
The clandestine businesses – a financial lifeline for many women – have been given a month to cease operations…
- Divorce, Domestic violence, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Too many women choose death over divorce’: the Indian retreats taking the shame out of separation
Divorce is not an end but a beginning, says Rafia Afi, who gets women together to change ideas about toxic mar…
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Swatch pulls ‘slanted eye’ ad after backlash in China
Calls for boycott after Swiss watchmaker becomes latest western brand accused of racist imageryThe Swiss watch…
- Activism, Bangladesh, Garment workers, Global development, Indigenous peoples, Life and style, Muhammad Yunus, Protest, Sexual violence, Sheikh Hasina, Society, South and Central Asia, Transgender, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Because of women it became a people’s revolution’: what has changed one year on from Bangladesh’s student uprising?
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure l…
- Cities and development, Delhi, Domestic violence, Gender, Global development, India, Life and style, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women in India don’t want ‘safe zones’ – they want to enjoy public spaces as equals | Nilanjana Bhowmick
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea …
- Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Gardens, Global development, India, Life and style, Society, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Wildlife, Women, World news
Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants
In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest int…
- Activism, Afghanistan, Culture, Family, Father's Day, Feminism, Film, Gender, Global development, India, Life and style, Malala Yousafzai, Sexual violence, Short films, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Malala and Kiran faced violence, threats and shame. Now their fathers want ‘all men to stand with women’
Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice a…
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Sheep, cattle and sequins: the enigmatic New Zealand farmer behind a famed 1970s fashion collection
A new book celebrates the life of Otago farmer and fashion collector Eden Hore, providing a unique snapshot of…
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An audience with the ‘dragon king’ of Bhutan, from 1984
A meeting with the youngest ruler of the world’s most impenetrable country resulted in some very modern observ…
- Asia Pacific, Equal marriage, Family, LGBTQ+ rights, Life and style, Marriage, Society, Thailand, World news
Thai same-sex marriage law comes into force – in pictures
Thailand has become the first country in south-east Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBTQ+ groups a…