To give up is unthinkablePia Ranada Hi, I am Pia Ranada, a reporter for Rappler, a news website based in Manila. For almost two years now, I’ve been covering Malacañang and President Rodrigo...
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Pressing for Freedom: Letters from the Field Part 1
IntroductionNicole CuratoThere is no need to be alarmist, but we are in trouble. We are in trouble because press freedom in Southeast Asia is on the decline. A political commentator was shot dead in...
Pressing for Freedom: Introduction
There is no need to be alarmist, but we are in trouble. We are in trouble because press freedom in Southeast Asia is on the decline. We know what will happen if things do not get better. If the...
IWD 2018: The devil hot on the heels of the zeitgeist
Are you done with women yet? Sick of hearing about them?I can't glance at my media feed, or scan a news website without the 'women thing' wagging a vindictive finger. A preoccupation with women’s...
Rainbow Labor and a purple policy launch: Gender and sexuality in the 2016 federal election
The 2016 election was in part defined by marriage equality and rainbow issues. However, despite both the major parties having ‘feminist’ male political leaders, gender equality and women’s issues...
Meet the male feminist: Warren Snowdon MP
Q. Can men be feminists, or is it perhaps not a term men are entitled to appropriate?A. I think it is possible that men by their own attitudes, actions and behaviour, can reflect feminist values,...
The Destruction of Hillary Clinton: Why the hate?
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former US Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have revealed plans to work together to help increase the participation of women in politics and...
Delusions of Democracy: where are the women?
Cultural practice and women’s agency: the tensions and the norms
At what point is a cultural practice that appears to be 'submission' to an outsider, in fact better understood as 'empowerment' to an insider? These are awkward questions, even for world renowned...