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Notes from weather-battered eastern Mindanao
A loud bang woke me. I realised after a few seconds it was the sound of the long bamboo pole that held down the tarpaulins sheltering me banging against the balcony outside my room with ferocious...
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When is rape not considered rape?
I had always thought – naively as it turns out – that rape is when a person forces another person, either physically or by using threats, to have sex and/or when there’s an absence of a clear ‘yes’....
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A devastating fire displaces an already displaced population
In early March, I visited two refugee camps along the Thai-Myanmar border to report on the challenges facing refugee women and girls and was struck by the enthusiasm of students I met in Ban Mae...
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The din of misogyny at Bangkok protests
In fiery speeches at protests calling for her ouster, Thailand’s first female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been called ugly, stupid, a bitch, a slut and a whore. A university professor...
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Rebuilding healthcare, healing survivors in typhoon-hit central Philippines
Haiyan, the strongest storm on record, destroyed many healthcare centres. Our correspondent visited the typhoon-affected areas almost three months later to see how aid agencies like ICRC have been...
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Bullied, ridiculed, ignored, Asia transgenders step up fight for rights
Natt Kraipet grew up knowing she was a woman in a man’s body. She didn’t like wearing the compulsory school uniform for boys in Thailand and spent her school days being bullied by her peers. “When...
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Bullied, ridiculed, ignored, Asia transgenders step up fight for rights
Natt Kraipet grew up knowing she was a woman in a man’s body. She didn’t like wearing the compulsory school uniform for boys in Thailand and spent her school days being bullied by her peers. “When...
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Burmese journalist beseeches brethren: Stop with the Muslim hate speech
The slight, soft-spoken woman onstage called on the media and the rest of the country to let go of narrow-minded nationalism. “This is a time to fight for democratisation. We have to respect each and...
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Burmese journalist beseeches brethren: Stop with the Muslim hate speech
The slight, soft-spoken woman onstage called on the media and the rest of the country to let go of narrow-minded nationalism. “This is a time to fight for democratisation. We have to respect each and...
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Election day, a time of hope – and concern – over Indonesian women’s rights
Tri Widayati is the first woman in her family – and her village too, she thinks – to find employment. At 18, soon after graduating from high school, she left her small village in Klaten regency in...
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