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'Kimchi Paradigm' Offers New Insights Into Success at Asian Women Leaders Conference
At Asia Society's most recent WLNA summit, in New Delhi, participants learned how to capitalize on human variety to create teams that work effectively.
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US Official: Justice and Accountability in Asia 'Not Negotiable'
Panel: Tribunals, other regional human rights and accountability mechanisms create a favorable precedent for holding political leadership accountable.
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Interview: 'Other Half of Tomorrow' Filmmakers Turn Lens on Pakistan's Women
A candid new documentary captures how women are in the vanguard of social change in Pakistan.
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Interview: Filmmaker Explores Effects of Climate Change on Seaside Brothel Village
New documentary depicts the women of Bangladesh's Banishanta Island as they navigate their lives in the face of climate change.
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Government Fiddles While Indonesia's Workforce Burns
Why a wage increase in Jakarta this week doesn't go far enough in settling labor disputes roiling the country's manufacturing sector.
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How You Can Help Hurricane Sandy Victims in New York City's Chinatown
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities is providing supplies, electricity — and translation services — to those in need.
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Experts: Better Enforcement, Attitude Shift Necessary to Combat Human Trafficking
A "shift in the mind" is necessary to reduce the frequency of human trafficking, experts say, and we all have a role to play in its eradication.
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The 'Visionary' Women Critical to a Unified Myanmar
Asia Society Asia 21 fellow Wenchi Yu argues that formerly-suppressed women's border NGOs should not be excluded from reform in Myanmar.
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Private-Public Collaboration Key to Better Treatment of Migrant Workers
In Asia, as in the U.S., business benefits from a cheap, reliable labor force that can be coerced into working long hours without protest.
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Pakistan's First Oscar-Winner Discusses Women's Issues at Mumbai Private Roundtable
Documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy touches on evolving gender roles and lack of equal protection under the law.
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Desai: Asian Americans Still Locked Out of Top Jobs
Vishakha Desai says report on group's ascent overlooks lack of representation at top levels in business.
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