Women
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Culture
Chuseok holiday no break for women
Only women are forced to perform domestic labor during the Chuseok holiday, according to a survey by the Seoul Foundation of Women and Family, Monday. The foundation conducted the survey of over 1,170 people on sexist customs practiced on the major holiday, which falls on Sept. 24 this year. Over…
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South Asia
Desert Women Snap up Dump Truck-Driving Jobs
Breaking the Social Barriers As Sindh province of Pakistan is expeditiously executing an ambitious project of coal mining and establishing a coal-fired power plant in the Thar Desert to resolve country’s energy crisis, a select group of women eyes a road out of poverty by snapping up dump truck-driving jobs…
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Business
President Park emphasizes the importance of female human resources
President Park Geun Hye emphasized the importance of of women universities’ responsibility in taking care of female human resources, making them into a good example the Korean society would be proud of. This comes during President Park’s meeting with a number of trustees from Korean women universities, as she emphasized…
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West Asia
Saudi women vote and get elected for the first time in country’s history
Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released on Sunday by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country’s history. The 20 female candidates come from different parts of the country and…
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West Asia
Successful women and Middle Eastern mentalities
A recent American study was conducted in a number of universities across the states, including Buffalo University and University of Texas, on whether men accept “superior women” or not. The study’s main focus was to find out whether certain characteristics of women could affect their status in society and even…
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East Asia
New Seoul-based zine offers platform for female artists
What has always interested me in Korea is the alternative forms of art. While the mainstream media rules the markets all around the world, it is the alternative art, music and cinema of a country which push the envelope and experiment and bring in more diversity. And in Korea, specifically in…
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South Asia
Afghan Women Thrown in Workplace
Two Afghan women work at a women bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 5, 2012. Many women across the war-torn country who lost family members during the war have to work to support their families. <Photo: Xinhua/Maryam Khamosh> news@theasian.asia
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World
Daily Life of Dahab Women
Women carries pots home on the Island of Dahab in Giza, Egypt, Jan. 21, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Radi> news@theasian.asia
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World
Egyptian Women Protest against Ruling Military
An Egyptian woman protestor chants slogans against the ruling military while marching in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 20, 2011. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Radi> news@theasian.asia
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