Embracing Feminism in Thailand
Shaping awareness of what it means to be a feminist in Thailand is not without its challenges, especially in a context where men cringe at the word. F…
Tag: Gender
To Which My Brother Laughed
"To Which My Brother Laughed" is a new play born from a collaboration between Malaysia’s artistic and queer communities following the public caning …
An End to Marital Immunity for Rape in Singapore?
The Criminal Law Reform Bill introduced in Parliament finally removes marital immunity for rape in Singapore… or has it? Three campaigners who have …
“Our Mother Sold Us for One Lakh Each”
Poverty and peaking ethnic tensions fuel human trafficking in Myanmar, putting millions of women and other marginalised groups at risk.
Southeast Asia Dispatches — Episode 13
This week, Kirsten Han invites us to lunch with Singapore's Old Left, Mike Tatarski looks at the effects of Vietnam's booming tourism industry, PJ Thu…
Taboos That Kill: Stigma and Abortion in Thailand
Conservative anti-abortion beliefs are commonplace in Thailand and planted into the minds of Thai women from a young age. The stigma around abortion t…
Repopulating Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste has one of the world’s highest natural birth rates and a robust, rights-based family planning policy to match. But as the country has le…
A Nation’s Beauty on Display
The national costume segment of the Miss Universe beauty pageant sees women parading outfits ranging from the sublime to the surreal. Designing these …
Akan Datang: A final round-up for 2018
Our final wrap for 2018: Myanmar struggles with its peace process, concerns over internet freedom persist in Vietnam, Singapore's civil society braces…
Akan Datang: Entrenching ruqyah as a “cure” for queerness in Padang
Among this week's round-up of stories to watch in Southeast Asia: Local police employ shamans to carry out exorcisms for Padang's LGBT community, a cr…
