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The harrowing, and powerful, testimony of a rape and molest victim underscores the need to embed consent as a cultural norm. This is only possible through greater institutional sensitivity, and sex education that’s both comprehensive and nuanced.
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The crisis facing local hawkers; good news about low-income families on aid; improvements in foreign worker dorms; the US returns historical artefacts to Thailand; two Singaporean, Hokkien-language films gaining attention in China; an initiative to help women return to the tech workforce; and more.
Dear reader, This is Abhishek, subbing in for Sudhir who is luxuriating in the mountains of northern Thailand. If you read last week’s newsletter, you’ll know Charmaine, Sudhir and I were in Chiang Mai for the Splice Beta media festival. It was, in a word, revelatory. We often...
Singapore has made big strides towards gender equality, but more support and backing is needed for women from minority groups.
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