WOMEN
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Kathmandu's Central Women's Prison isn't a place criminals do time. It's a place where grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters and children languish.
DEBBY NG
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Are latrines for girls a justifiable investment?
IRIN
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Beware: this post is like the ramblings of a woman on the verge of breakdown.
JENNY ZHU
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As many as 1 million people in Thailand may be involved in sex tourism. Is this really as bad as it sounds?
BANGKOK DAN
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Want to know how equal the sexes are in a country? Just look at Facebook’s user data, says Indian blogger M S Kiran.
M S KIRAN
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Cambodia used to have a woman at the highest rung of power. What happened?
KOUNILA KEO
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Female radio professionals are taking over the medium in eastern Nepal.
ANUSHIL SHRESTHA
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In a private hospital in Karachi, a child has just been born. But rather than bringing joy to the family, the birth has led to bitter disputes.
IRIN
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Mooncakes, coyotes and Wendi Deng - we bring you asia!’s Top Ten stories from 2010
asia! team
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Burqa-clad suicide bombers in northwest Pakistan are an unexpected and growing challenge to local communities.
SAJEEV
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Female teachers at a state college in Bhopal, India, have been told they must wear saris while on the job so that they are more respectable.
INDIAN HOMEMAKER
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Our story last week was so well read we suspect some readers may be tempted to check out the scene. So here’s a quick guide for Coyote hunters and observers to the different types of Coyotes – the good, the great, and the ugly.
DARIUS SIT
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You might think that the scantily-clad erotic dancers at Thai discos are here for a quick buck. But some of them are really looking for love, and a growing number of Singaporean men are falling for them.
DARIUS SIT
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Mongolian poets have been exploring new techniques of late, but their work is still very much a paean to Nature, the desert and the steppes
RUTH O'CALLAGHAN
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Every Desi person is well aware of the “Insane Aunty syndrome” that has infected our happy society. The surprising thing is how every Desi woman catches it.
MURTAZA JAFRI
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