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Parliament backs White Paper to improve equality, opportunities for S’pore women after 9.5-hour debate

The 115-page White Paper had proposed that by 2024, employers must consider staff requests for flexible work arrangements fairly and properly, under a new set of guidelines.

  • Published: April 6, 202212:50 pm
  • Author Goh Yan Han
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20 displaced Ukrainians arrive in Tokyo aboard Japanese government plane

The government, which aims to help displaced Ukrainians take up offers of housing and employment, will continue to pay living and medical expenses regardless of work.

  • Published: April 6, 20229:55 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Phuket clears 3-tonne mountain of plastic trash from holiday beaches

Phuket Environmental Foundation chairman Viroj Phutong said Phuket has suffered an increase in plastic despite dwindling tourist numbers, as consumers switch to food delivery…

  • Published: April 6, 20229:38 am
  • Author The Nation
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Lifting lives: Perwakos’ elderly home offers haven for trans women

Located in a modest, two-story house in Tambaksari, North Surabaya, the facility provides senior trans people with health care, support and a safe place to stay and recover.

  • Published: April 5, 20227:56 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Bangladesh lawmaker questions objections to teep-wearing women

The comments come as a lecturer claimed that a policeman hurled abuse at her after seeing the decorative mark worn on the middle of her forehead.

  • Published: April 4, 20223:04 pm
  • Author The Daily Star
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Malaysians grateful to be able to pay respects to their ancestors

With the Qing Ming festival permitted this year after a two-year hiatus, many cemeteries and columbariums were packed with families.

  • Published: April 4, 20223:01 pm
  • Author N. Trisha
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S’pore allows social egg freezing: What the procedure entails and why women do it

The White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development will be debated in Parliament this week.

  • Published: April 4, 202211:01 am
  • Author Theresa Tan
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Legal breakthroughs expected in Indonesia’s sexual, gender-based crime cases

In the absence of a criminal law, the Attorney General’s Office released a guideline in 2021 to ensure access to justice for women and children in criminal cases.

  • Published: April 4, 202210:55 am
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Pop-up cafe in Tokyo helps young workers who stutter gain confidence

The cafe project was organized by Arisa Okumura, 30, of Meguro Ward, Tokyo, who herself speaks with a stammer.

  • Published: April 4, 202210:53 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Indonesian diaspora excited to get home for Ramadan, Idul Fitri

Because of border closures and lockdowns, Ramadan and Idul Fitri at home with family has been a challenge for many Indonesians in the past two years.

  • Published: April 4, 20229:49 am
  • Author Yohana Belinda

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