YANGON: Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Than Soe said that if women experience violence, they ...

Conflict continues to fuel suffering and drive humanitarian needs in Myanmar, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, said ...

YANGON: A South Korean national who operated a Korean language school in Kamayut Township and arranged "blind dates" for Myanmar women has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labour for ...

The term glocal neatly describes the ways in which spheres of influence operate across levels and in both directions, global–local and local–global. Movements for change, to be effective, arguably ...

The Swiss National Bank’s determination to cap gains in the franc will draw the spotlight in a decision that is likely to avoid the more drastic option of negative borrowing costs.

Ensuring access to justice for women and girls requires more than just formal legal protections. It also involves addressing ...

Pritika Barman scored a goal in each half to power the Indian U17 women's team to a 2-0 victory over Myanmar in an ...

For many women in Myanmar, conjoined economic and security crises mean never being able to let their guard down and never being able to think more than “one day at a time.” Two women chat while ...

Thirty years in, and FilMart still knows how to fill a room. The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre hummed with a ...

As International Women’s Day draws near, the spotlight turns to women who are not just entering spaces once dominated by men, but steadily transforming them. Fr ...

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) foiled an attempt to smuggle 16 Myanmar migrants, including five women, via a river route in Kota ...

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