Women

Why Are Women More Prone To Long COVID?

In June 2020, as the first reports of long COVID began to filter through the medical community, doctors attempting to grapple with this mysterious malaise began to notice an unusual trend.

14 June 2021
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VOB: Hijab-Clad Heavy Metal Girl Band

Indonesia's hijab-wearing, headbanging VOB count some of rock music's biggest stars among their fans, but the all-female heavy metal band faced a tougher battle in winning over their parents.The diminutive trio behind Voice of Baceprot ("Noisy Voice" in English) have spent years honing their skills at music festivals around the world's biggest Muslim majority nation after forming VOB as young teens in 2014. It is a long way from the conservative town in West

5 June 2021
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Teen Describes Junta's Brutal Treatment Of Women

Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence – a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces has described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars.Ma Chaw, 17, and her mother were arrested on 14 April in Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, which has been blanketed with heavy security since the military seized power in a coup.As they were walking to a friend's house from a morning protest, she said, they were stopped by

15 May 2021
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Myanmar Women: ‘Our Place Is In The Revolution’

Every day at sunrise, Daisy* and her sisters set out to spend several hours in the heat cleaning debris from the previous day’s protests off the streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.Protests have erupted around the country since the military seized control of the government after arresting democratic leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on 1 February, and declared a year-long state of emergency.According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), a non-profit rights organisation

27 April 2021
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WEF: 135 Years To Reach Gender Parity

Since COVID-19 emerged in late 2019, people from various backgrounds have succumbed to the disease. From front liners, politicians, and celebrities to ordinary people – the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But the virus doesn’t just pose a threat to people’s health and wellbeing, but other aspects of their lives as well.Everyone across the globe is currently feeling some form of pinch from the pandemic.

4 April 2021
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Female Care Workers In ASEAN Undervalued

According to the United Nations (UN), the number of international migrants globally reached around 272 million in 2019 with women comprising slightly less than half of all migrants in that year at 48 percent.These women are normally employed in the care industry and most often are underpaid and certainly undervalued. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has reported that one of the significant reasons why the gender gap remains large is because care in most countries almost always

20 March 2021
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Less Contraception Use In A Pandemic?

Just last year when over half of humanity was confined to their homes due to COVID-19 preventive measures, Karex, a Malaysian contraceptives manufacturer predicted a global condom shortage as the pandemic shuttered factories and disrupted supply chains. This came as Malaysia, one of the world’s top rubber producers and a major source of condoms, imposed a nationwide lockdown – known locally as the Movement Control Order (MCO).

15 March 2021
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Women's Day Rallies: Thousands Defy Restrictions

Tens of thousands on Monday defied coronavirus restrictions, gathering worldwide on International Women's Day to denounce gender violence and inequalities.Women took to the streets in peaceful democracies and in countries gripped by conflict, though in far smaller numbers than last year, when the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic had yet to hit the world.Thousands marched in Mexico City, bringing with them photos with the names of alleged rapists, murderers and harassers of women.&quot

9 March 2021
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Build Back Equal

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated a wide range of inequalities. If leaders are serious about “building back better,” policies to overcome the systemic forces that underlie them must form the heart of their agendas.One such divide is the gender gap.

8 March 2021
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Real Access For Women To Join The Digital Economy

Almost a month separates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February and the International Women’s Day on 8 March, but the two are getting increasingly related, if not in time at least in the achievements they want to mark. The former was established in 2015 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to encourage more girls and women to pursue studies and careers in science and technology.

5 March 2021
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