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Tag: women

Posted inUAE

Gulf women entrepreneurs overcome pandemic hurdle

by Sebastian Castelier August 21, 2020August 22, 2020

The closure of Coffee Architecture at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic was “a very hard time” for Nooran Al Bannay, the founder of the company and a rare Emirati barista. The Abu Dhabi-based coffee shop, open since 2018, could survive the crisis by cutting down on costs and allocating last year’s profits to pay […]

Posted inPakistan

‘Pakistan’s biggest feminist’ throws sexist fit

by Fatima Kaneez March 7, 2020March 7, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Houthis impose harsh morals campaign

by Sarah Stewart March 5, 2020March 8, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Syria, Turkey

Syrian women using fake weddings to flee Idlib

by Ahmad Zaza December 11, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, India, Indonesia, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand

Rural women unite across Asia-Pacific

by Sharanya Nayak October 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inMiddle East

Saudi to allow women to join armed forces

by AT Contributor October 10, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, South Asia, United States, World

Afghan women fearful as US-Taliban deal looms

by Thomas Watkins and Emal Haidary September 7, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

The conspicuous absence of women in India’s workforce

by Smriti Sharma May 19, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia

Malaysian authorities raid 24-hour brothel

by Asia Times staff February 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia, Malaysia

Underage Indonesians rescued from brothel

by Asia Times staff February 14, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Patriarchy must stop dictating what women wear

by Chandni Doulatramani February 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Malaysia

Two Indonesian women jailed for prostitution in Malaysia

by Asia Times staff January 31, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Actor Ranveer Singh breaks gender norms, moves into wife’s house

by Chandni Doulatramani January 21, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Hong Kong

Babysitter, girlfriend get three years for abusing girl, 4

by Asia Times staff January 18, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Kuwait, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Saudi woman’s asylum bid challenges kingdom’s reach abroad

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 9, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Women collecting water: a distressing harbinger of drought

by Gayathri D Naik October 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Farmer’s daughter ignores gender bias to become civil servant

by Sanket Jain April 24, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Indian female comics tackle social issues with humor

by Ayesha Aleem April 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, European Union, France, Middle East, World

Sexual slurs infuriate China’s ‘leftover’ women

by Gordon Watts December 17, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

BJP chief claims ‘stalking victim’ is ‘like my daughter’

by Asia Times staff August 8, 2017February 18, 2020

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