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Power and objectification Gender-based violence including sexual harassment is typically assumed to be driven by desire or lust, but AWAM states that it is all about power and objectification. Sexual ...
The Philippines has moved up three spots to tenth place but it isn’t immediately clear whether it’s for something the country can pride itself over. The tenth spot is for countries with the highest ...
It’s worth noting that income disparity and economic success have been themes in the city-state’s development since 1965. Despite a bleak economic outlook at the time of its independence, Singapore ...
But at the end of May, the price of bulk cooking oil, the most affordable in the country, still hovered at about 18,300 rupiah per litre on average, above the government's target of 14,000 rupiah, ...
In this file photo, China's HSU001 underwater drones are seen during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on 1 October, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's ...
Sam and his family are not alone. Cambodia’s microfinancing sector, which purports to alleviate poverty by offering financial services to people excluded from traditional banking, is under scrutiny as ...
Ferdinand Marcos Jr speaks to reporters at his campaign headquarters in Manila on 11 May, 2022. (AFP Photo) The renaissance of the friendly and good bilateral relations between the Philippines and ...
Supporters of Philippine Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo attend a campaign rally in the Makati business district in Manila on 7 May, 2022. (AFP Photo) The election fever has ...
Nearly 40 years after the Philippines began hunting for the billions of dollars plundered during former dictator Ferdinand Marcos's regime, much of the loot is still missing and no one in the family ...
University students protest outside the residence of Sri Lanka's prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa during a demonstration over the country's crippling economic crisis in Colombo on 24 April, 2022. (AFP ...
This file photo shows Philippine coastguard personnel aboard their ship BRP Cabra monitoring Chinese vessels anchored at Sabina Shoal, a South China Sea outcrop claimed by Manila located about 135 ...
This photo taken 28 March shows female rhino Rosa (top) with her new baby born at the Way Kambas National Park, in Way Kambas, in Lampung province. (AFP Photo) A Sumatran rhino has successfully given ...