Asia/Oceana

Empowering Women: Economic Necessity.  [Asia] It's a question officials in Asia often hear: what makes your economies so vibrant?  Answers include young and swelling populations, decreased debt, growing cities, emerging middle-class consumer sectors, evolving markets and, of course, China's rise.
A Fund Reserved for Women.  [Japan] In Japan, one of the latest buzz phrases to arrive is "women only."
“Comfort Women” Removed from Textbooks.  [Japan] Japan's top government spokesman played down the education minister's recent remarks praising the removal of references to "comfort women" from the revised history textbooks and reiterated Tokyo's apology to the victims.
Awareness Raising Programs.  [Nepal] Jhuwani Community Library organizes frequent awareness raising programs for women, and organizes interaction programs promoting dialogue and discussion around women's rights.
Sex-Slave Trade Flourishes.  [Thailand] For Mylee, life — as it is for so many Thai women — is anything but a fairytale, yet her lot is better than many of the women and children caught in the no-man's land of Southeast Asia's human-flesh trade.
Domestic Violence.  [India] At least 21 per cent of upper-class women face domestic violence in some form, be it physical harassment, marital rape or psychological persecution.
Clinical Trial of the World's First Contraceptive Spray for Women.  [Australia]  The Population Council Inc, an international research organization based in New York, and Acrux Limited (ASX: ACR), the Australian pharmaceutical company which specializes in administering drugs through the skin, today announced positive results from the first clinical study of a novel contraceptive spray for women.

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