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- 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…
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, India, Life and style, Mumbai, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
Ladies Only review – striking account of sisterhood’s intricacies on the Mumbai metro
Shot in stunning black and white, a tapestry of faces and voices beautifully lays bare the hidden subtleties o…
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Sushi restaurateurs fork out $1.3m for motorbike-sized tuna at auction in Tokyo
Onodera Group paid second highest price ever at prestigious annual new year auction at Tokyo’s main fish marke…
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New Taiwanese boardgame offers chance to battle Chinese invasion
Mizo Games wants players to have a chance to ‘experience war on the tabletop before it reaches us’As families …
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Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish
Nigel Richards has also been champion in English and – after memorising dictionary in nine weeks – FrenchMore …
- Afghanistan, Global development, Health, Life and style, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Midwifery, Nursing, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban move to ban women training as nurses and midwives ‘an outrageous act of ignorance’
Afghan students and activists condemn halt to medical courses amid warnings of women dying from lack of health…
- Culture, Drama films, Film, India, Life and style, Period and historical films, Romance films, Sex, South and Central Asia, World news
Girls Will Be Girls review – sexual awakening in Indian boarding school is poised and plausible
Preeti Panigrahi is excellent as Mira, a prefect dealing with first love and, unusually, sex, as she navigates…
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The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?
As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundari…
- Domestic violence, Global development, Life and style, Pakistan, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women
Sobia Batool Shah is being protected in hospital after a mob of male relatives attacked her in a harrowing cas…