Tag: Women
Philippine town pays last respects to woman who dared to dream
Migrant worker Jeanelyn Villavende was allegedly beaten to her death by her Kuwaiti employers
Enslaved then undercompensated: Double blow for India’s trafficked
Of an estimated 20 million commercial sex workers in India, 16 million women and girls are victims of sex trafficking
‘City not safe for girls’: Fear spreads amid Bangladesh sex crime...
MPs call for extrajudicial killing of rape suspects as demands for justice grow
Pope names first woman to senior Vatican diplomatic post
Last year, Pope Francis also appointed four women as first female councilors for the Synod of Bishops
Cut above the rest: Indian women gain self-reliance through crafts
Church training programs help women take the future into their own hands
From housewives to hijab-clad students, women take center stage in Indian...
This is not an issue of just one community, what they are doing to Muslims today could happen to anyone tomorrow, female protestor says
Baby or a job? Stark choice for Taiwan’s migrant workers
Weak enforcement of Taiwanese labor law leaves migrant workers at risk of exploitation
Pakistan ‘turning a blind eye’ to the trafficking of girls and...
Christian minority targeted by brokers who pay poor parents to marry off their daughters to Chinese men
In Indonesia, ‘bride kidnapping’ tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban
In the Southeast Asian archipelago one in nine girls are married before age 18
Abused Bangladeshi housemaids struggle for justice at home
Many Bangladeshi women said Middle East recruiting agents beat, throttled and starved them to force them to return to abusive employers
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