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Unspoken, Untreated, Unseen: A Nation in Denial

The alarm bells are faint but unmistakable: Pakistan is facing an unprecedented surge in HIV infections just when many had believed the epidemic was...

Love, Scandal, and Sacred Salt

Here’s a curious truth about sumo, Japan’s most traditional sport: for all the talk of salt-throwing ritual and monkish discipline, the public is quietly...

The Women Who Keep Their Country Standing

The morning light filters through bamboo blinds in a small village in Batangas, Philippines, and there she stands—her suitcase closed, her children waved off...

The New Kamasutra: Now Battery-Operated

In a country like India, where even the word “pleasure” can seem to elicit a blush (or at least a raised eyebrow — sharm),...

A Culture of Forgetting Women and Children’s Pain

It’s hard not to feel a surge of indignation when the very guardians of justice appear to shrug off the suffering of women and...

A Woman at the Top, Patriarchy Intact

So Japan has its first female prime minister — and she’s here to prove that women, too, can uphold the patriarchy with impeccable discipline....

White Coats, Bloody Hands

Outrage surges as we learn that the very people entrusted with the care of girls—the doctors, nurses and midwives of the health system—are now...

When Punchlines Become Crimes

They say laughter is the best medicine—but in today’s China, it might also come with a dose of caution. In the world of stand-up...

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