A new day for women and girls in Asia and the Pacific
Girls and women today have far more opportunities and role models than their mothers and grandmothers, but there is much more to be done.
Safe migration for women to reduce human trafficking risks
Radhika Coomaraswamy, a human rights lawyer and former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, once said: “Traffickers fish in the stream of migration." What does this mean?
Why invest in infrastructure and services that work for women
When I was a student, I spent two and a half hours in hellish commuter trains each day as a Tokyo suburbanite. Being a teenager in a manga-like school uniform, I was often a target of groping, eve-teasing, stalking, and even “flashing” on the streets, in the trains, and at the stations.