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The Olympics dream: Female cyclists in Kabul brave stigma to live their goal
Many in the conservative country see cycling as a sport reserved for men, so for Habibzai and the dozens of other cyclists on the national women’s team riding is about fighting the taboo and claiming equal space on the city’s streets.
Updated on Aug 16, 2020 04:05 PM IST
Kabul | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Online child sex abuse cases triple under lockdown in Philippines
Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country’s lockdown has left more children vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers and cash-strapped relatives.
Updated on May 30, 2020 11:54 AM IST
Bangkok | Reuters| Posted by Kabir Bhandari
Spain provides lockdown support for trafficking victims, prostitutes
Spain unveiled on Tuesday a series of measures aimed at helping prostitutes and victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation survive the country’s coronavirus lockdown.
Updated on Apr 22, 2020 02:43 PM IST
Barcelona | Reuters
Asia’s ‘gay Netflix’ to go global, tap into coronavirus
Streaming services - which run from classic cartoons to iconic movies - are booming as the fast-moving pandemic restricts free movement, and the LGBT+ service plans a lineup that includes TV shows, films and documentaries.
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 04:33 PM IST
Kuala Lumpur | Reuters
Fashion victims: Kazakh magazine apologises for murder photoshoot, critics say ‘eroticising violence against women’
The spread in Buro 24/7 Kazakhstan showed a girl in a black dress lying lifeless near a bloodied knife with her hand tied to a water pipe and a woman sprawling motionless on a bed as forensic scientists put her stiletto shoes in a plastic bag.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 05:55 PM IST
TBILSI | Reuters