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Her body, her choice
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 26/03/2019
» Each year, around 20 million unsafe abortions are carried out globally, with roughly 80,000 maternal deaths reported. That's nine deaths every hour. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 95% of these occur in developing countries.
A mandate on heeding health
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/11/2018
» For over two decades, ever since arriving in Mae Sot as migrants from Myanmar, Muslims Wahid Abdulla and Myo Aung and their families were dogged by constant ailments due largely to the squalid living conditions they found themselves in.
The fight for basic rights
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/06/2018
» Human-rights violations in Southeast Asia remain a sad sight in the news. Among the various organisations working to improve the situation, Fortify Rights since 2013 has been hard at work with its team of human-rights specialists in Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia to bring changes to the region.