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Menstrual health and climate crisis
News, Bjorn Andersson, Published on 29/05/2023
» Menstruation is too often treated as a taboo topic and this stigma is pronounced in emergencies, where the challenges of managing menstruation are amplified. Asia and the Pacific are especially vulnerable to climate change, with droughts, floods and extreme storms that will continue to devastate critical infrastructure.
In search of some extreme heat relief
News, Editorial, Published on 23/04/2023
» Earlier this month, spirits were high as the nation celebrated its first full-fledged Songkran in four years. No fears of Covid-19 or the sweltering heat were going to scare people out of enjoying one of the country's most-cherished holidays.
A prescription for healthier policy
Oped, Kemi Adeosun, José Antonio González Anaya and Trevor Manuel, Published on 06/09/2022
» A healthy population is both a cause and a result of economic growth and development. But achieving both today requires finance ministers to leave their comfort zones.
Maintaining dignity during periods
News, Björn Andersson, Published on 30/05/2022
» Across the region, the unique needs of women and girls are often overlooked -- particularly their menstrual health. When a disaster hits, people who menstruate often do not have access to menstrual materials such as pads and underwear in a context that lacks clean water and waste disposal systems.
Help women help themselves
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/03/2022
» Last week, an ongoing exhibition "Ni Tas Sa Kee" or "Free Pads For All" was launched at The Pheu Thai Party's headquarters on New Phetchaburi Road. On view until March 31, "Free Pads For All", which distributes free sanitary pads to women, is a pilot project that Pheu Thai wants to push for the government to make policy.
Youth not ignoring climate change
Oped, Francesca Capoluongo, Published on 13/08/2021
» Climate change is all too real. For everyone and particularly young people it can seem overpowering. But there are solutions. Youth across Southeast Asia are finding innovative solutions.
Knee-jerk reactions
News, Published on 12/04/2021
» Due to some club-frolicking ministers we are exposed to all kind of doubtful anti-Covid measures again.
'Tampon tax' no laughing matter
News, Editorial, Published on 22/12/2019
» No sooner had Puea Chat spokeswoman Ketpreeya Kaewsanmuang raised the issue of high taxes on tampons than she was in trouble. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Digital Economy and Society Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, seized by anger, lambasted her information as "fake news" and vowed legal action, but stopped short of attempting to make any actual sense of the matter.
'Period poverty' is the hard truth, not fake news
News, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/12/2019
» It's rare if not unprecedented for tampons and sanitary pads to become a topic widely discussed by men -- let alone men in power.
Trump should press Kim on rights
News, Victor D Cha, Published on 22/02/2019
» If Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi next week goes as the US president hopes, the two will emerge trumpeting promises of North Korea's denuclearisation, the proclamation of an end to the Korean War, and commitments by the international business community and multilateral lending institutions to transform the nation led by "Little Rocket Man", in Mr Trump's words, into the "economic rocket" of Asia.