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Canadian author Margaret Atwood (L) and British author Bernardine Evaristo (R) following the announcement of the 2019 Booker Prize at the Guildhall in London on October 14. Photo: EPA
Women 16 Oct 2019
Breaking the Booker Prize rules, the judges have split the prize between two authors. Margaret Atwood and...
An elderly Kachin woman attends the meeting at the Janmai camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Myaikyina, Kachin State. Photo:EPA
Women 09 Oct 2019
As Myanmar’s armed conflicts continue to rage, women’s organisations face gender-based stereotypes in their...
Protesters shout slogans calling for action against climate change in Maastricht, the Netherlands, on September 20. Youth and students demonstrated around the world as part of the global climate strike last month. Photo - EPA
Women 02 Oct 2019
Dana Fisher has studied environmental activism for decades, but the crowds of people who took to the streets on...
A Singapore Armed Forces instructor, third from right, shows the author how to fire an assault rifle filled with blanks at the Women’s Boot Camp in Singapore recently. Photo - TODAY
Women 18 Sep 2019
American music superstar Beyonce’s 2011 hit song Run the World (Girls) echoed in my head as I tried to hoist...
Keo Chansonin: “Beauty is not always the (biggest) deal in your life.” Photo - Sonin Vlog
Women 11 Sep 2019
She is no stranger to catwalk crowds in Cambodia’s modelling industry. Rather, this tall, dark stranger is a...
Daw Yu Wai Maung: “We need to take care of our employees, regardless of gender, or we will lose valuable talent.” Nyan Zay Htet/The Myanmar Times
Women 04 Sep 2019
Daw Yu Wai Maung, deputy head of Corporate Affairs at KBZ Bank, believes that establishing a workforce based on...
Daw Aye Aye Swe of Quilling Card Myanmar: “Quilling is a creative art, so one needs to be artistic.”  Shin Moe Myint/The Myanmar Times
Women 28 Aug 2019
Daw Aye Aye Swe has found a new way to enjoy retirement and is following it enthusiastically.
Ma Nandar Win, founder of N7 interiors. Shin Moe Myint/The Myanmar Times
Women 21 Aug 2019
Ma Nandar Win, founder of N7 interiors, started work in sales at age 17 and gained valuable experience during 20...
Angkhana Neelapaijit of Thailand, winner of the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Photo - Prachatai
Women 14 Aug 2019
Angkhana Neelapaijit, who resigned from the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand at the end of July, was...
Ma Aye Hnin Swe, founder of Mango Group: There is no short cut to success in business. You need to be patient, persistent and adaptable. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
Women 07 Aug 2019
Ma Aye Hnin Swe, or Rose Swe as most people call her, is founder and CEO of Mango Group, one of Myanmar’s biggest...
Brittney Tun and her daughter, Bella. Photos - Supplied
Women 31 Jul 2019
Brittiney Tun, an American teacher and owner of Discover Myanmar Magazine, which she co-founded with her husband,...
Research scientist Leila Walker, left, and nutritional physiologist Holly McClung demonstrate equipment designed to evaluate the fitness of female soldiers at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Massachusetts, on April 23. Photo - AP
Women 24 Jul 2019
In the nearly four years since the Pentagon announced it was opening all combat jobs to women, at least 30 have...

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