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STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 16, 2020 • 6 min read

Tales of the Pandemic Life inside a Vietnamese government quarantine

By Gavin Wheeldon • Mar 16, 2020
British citizen Gavin Wheeldon has been held in a Vietnamese government quarantine near Hanoi since March 14. Here he provides an insight on what day-to-day life is like under complete lockdown

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 16, 2020 • 11 min read

ASEM summit 2020 Shining on the global stage

By Robert Hör • Mar 16, 2020
With Cambodia set to host the high-profile Europe-Asia cooperation summit ASEM 2020 come November, Robert Hör of think tank KAS explains why he believes the meet could be crucial in setting Cambodia back on track on the global stage

STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 13, 2020 • 7 min read
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Education in Cambodia The Kep woman using education to inspire change in Cambodia

By Christine Redmond • Mar 13, 2020
In Cambodia's Kep province, Phou Mom has shaken up the education system in recent decades. Her efforts inspired generations of the Kingdom's female students, including Vannet Neak, today a school director who is trailblasing a path of her own

Mar 13, 2020 • 2 min read
Editorial

The future is female

This week, we dedicated five features to women's stories from across Southeast Asia.
By Julija Veljkovic • Mar 13, 2020

Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020

Mar 12, 2020 • 11 min read
Tradition

Crumbling walls

With their past hardly accounted for in history, the future of the once-hidden traditional Binukot women remains challenged in the face of resistance and progressivism in the Philippines
By Words by Marielle Lucenio, photos by Leo Solinap • Mar 12, 2020

Mar 11, 2020 • 8 min read
Women rights Cambodia

Cambodia’s culture of victim-blaming can be ignored no longer

Cambodian Center for Human Rights executive director Chak Sopheap explains how the Cambodian government’s big promises on women’s rights don’t align with reality – and what must be done
By Chak Sopheap • Mar 11, 2020

Mar 11, 2020 • 12 min read
Labour rights

Up in arms

Cambodia has bid a (partial) farewell to Everything But Arms — but what is next for the union women left fighting on the front line of the fallout?
By Sabina Lawreniuk • Mar 11, 2020

Mar 10, 2020 • 13 min read
Art

Colouring outside the lines

Two Malaysian artists, both of them women, are making their voices heard amid the din of conservatism and patriarchy through cartoons that challenge the status quo.
By Najua Ismail • Mar 10, 2020

Mar 09, 2020 • 8 min read
Editorial

A word on Recognising Resilience

For International Women’s Day 2020, we are devoting a week of content to stories that change the narrative and exhibit the strength and solidarity of the women of Southeast Asia.
By Samantha McCabe and Julija Veljkovic • Mar 09, 2020

Mar 06, 2020 • 4 min read
Cambodian Art

Cat and the canvas

The Khmer artist behind the KBach Gallery's newest exhibition, Koem Keosocheat, chats about the environment, human rights and cats — the inspiration that started it all
By Samantha McCabe • Mar 06, 2020