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Meet Yante Ismail, a Malaysian humanitarian, artist and feminist
SHE is a humanitarian worker by day and an artist by night. And both vocations come together beautifully, like a woven tapestry.
Yante Ismail has been involved in non-profit and humanitarian work for 20 years. For the past decade, she has also been a professional artist. Her artwork brings attention to human rights issues, particularly women’s rights and empowerment.
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When your Tinder feed sounds better than your government
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte poses for a selfie while surrounded by supporters and lawmakers after delivering his state of the nation address at Congress in Manila on July 23, 2018.
You know there’s trouble when your Tinder feed seems more wholesome than the rhetoric coming from the Presidential Palace.
At first, Tinder may have felt like the 21st century equivalent of being bopped on the head, slung over a man’s shoulder and dragged to his cave. But with online dating fast becoming the go-to “meet market”, Tinder now seems more of a virtual bar with a mix of creeps, average Joes, geeks and the occasional unicorn: the nice guy.
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Comments deactivated Arundhati Roy: ‘We’re up against a fascist regime in India’
In an interview with DW, renowned novelist and social activist Arundhati Roy talks about the recent arrests of leftist intellectuals in India, accusing PM Modi’s government of “overturning” the country’s constitution.
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Comments deactivated Bangladesh’s first lesbian comic strip heroine
Homosexuality is a taboo in Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim country. To foster awareness about the rights of homosexual people, the country’s largest gay rights group has launched a lesbian comic strip
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Comments deactivated On the streets with India’s ‘chai’ vendors
Chai, or tea, they say, is an important part of Indian society. And, in every region, it has its own unique story to tell.
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Comments deactivated Game draws attention to India’s trafficked girls
A stencil of a missing girl on a wall next to street art depicting a young boy
Leena Kejriwal uses art and gaming to share stories of human trafficking and encourage players to take action in the real world. Thousands of girls are forced into the sex trade in India each year.
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Comments deactivated Women increasingly drawn to right-wing populist parties, study shows
Right-wing populists are often depicted as angry white men. A new study, however, has found that women are increasingly supporting right-wing populist parties, and they are often more radical than their male peers.
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