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Kiss
'n tell time
Asian
and Arab cinema are shedding their inhibitions.
Sexuality is openly critiqued, often celebrated.
We look at some of the films currently pushing
the traditional boundries in Asia.
24-7-2005 |
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Terrorism
and war increases prostitution
Women and girls in war zones suffer rape
and violent abuse while offenders escape punishment,
Because national authorities have failed to act to halt
such abuses. Despite promises, treaties and legal
mechanisms, governments failed to protect women and
girls in conflicts in Colombia, Iraq, Sudan, Chechnya,
Nepal and Afghanistan.
24-7-2005
Burma's HIV threat overshadows political instability
While
political reform in Burma is set to dominate next week's
meeting of South-east Asian foreign ministers in Laos, a
deadlier subject, HIV spread in the region, cries for
attention. 24-7-2005
India's dance bar owners to challenge ban in court
Owners of
thousands of dance bars in Maharashtra have decided to
legally challenge the Government's contentious decision
to shut them down on the grounds that they promote
prostitution. 24-7-2005
In the world of human trafficking, Vietnam remains a 'supply country'
While visiting Saigon last December I
asked a group of well-educated young women for their
thoughts on Vietnamese women being sold abroad. Their
answers were surprisingly tempered.
24-7-2005
Philippines tagged as destination of US child sex tourists
Washington
identified the Philippines as a known destination of
child sex tourists from the United States, a report by
the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said
Thursday. 24-7-2005
Expatriates in Gulf are more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS: expert
The provincial
AIDS control programme in collaboration with the World
Health Organization (WHO) is aimed at creating awareness
in the province and its adjacent tribal areas about
HIV/AIDS. 24-7-2005
Sex bomb Mallika Sherawat grieves
Being a sex symbol does not mean losing
one's dignity. This is what Mallika Sherawat, the
successful star of Murder has said. She is hurt that
some cyber miscreants have morphed her head with another
body and shown her as having sex with a white man.
23-7-2005
Yes to Miss Tibet, No to Miss Tibet-China
Tibetan youths are
furious that Miss Tibet has been barred from
participating in a beauty pageant in Malaysia after
China lodged an official complaint with the organisers.
Beijing, in turn, wants Miss Tibet Tashi Yangchen to
compete as Miss Tibet-China instead.
23-7-2005
Gays in Singapore gather to pray in nation that outlaws homosexuality
In a
country where homosexual sex is punishable by prison
time and the government bans gay-themed parties, the
Free Community Church stands out. It is the only place
of Christian worship willing to accept gays and lesbians
in Singapore. 23-7-2005
Vietnamese bride forced into prostitution by Malaysian husband
When
Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Hong Que married a Malaysian, she
was looking forward to a happy life; but her dreams were
dashed when she was forced by her husband to work as a
guest relations officer at a karaoke lounge in Petaling
Jaya. 23-7-2005
Japan gets ticketed for trafficking in Thai teens
Japan has
finally started cracking down on the trafficking of
foreign sex slaves, but those in the know say the recent
first arrests for selling foreign girls into
prostitution in this country are only the tip of the
iceberg. 23-7-2005
North Korean refugees frequent victims of human trafficking
Human
trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery that thrives
on coercion, fear and brutal exploitation, says
Ambassador John Miller, the director of the State
Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons. 23-7-2005
Fudan University relaxes sex rules for students
Love on campus is not a rare phenomena in
China nowadays and now one university is choosing
to abandon rules governing student's personal while
others continue to enforce policies and penalizing
students for what they consider immoral behavior.
20-7-2005
Japan's X-rated films give blurry view of sex
Japanese censors
who insist on placing fuzzy bits over porn actor's furry
bits confounds D Bracken Dibert in a land that otherwise
seems to celebrate sexuality and oddity.
20-7-2005
Israel: Public backs legal prostitution
Almost two-thirds of the public believe
that prostitution should be legalized, according to a
survey presented yesterday in a joint meeting of the
Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of
Women and and the subcommittee on trafficking in women.
20-7-2005
Australia under fire over Iranian's sexual abuse
Australia's
under-fire immigration department came under renewed
attack Tuesday over the alleged sexual abuse of an
Iranian refugee in a detention camp while her young
daughter watched, according to AFP.
20-7-2005
28th Asian American Film Fest underway in New York city
The Asian American International Film
Festival got a tidy kick-off on Friday (July 15th) with
the help of international cinema star Maggie Cheung at
the Opening Night screening of Olivier Assayas' award-
winning film "Clean," followed by a gala reception.
20-7-2005
Japan installs caution signal for sex traffic
Japan has
revised its criminal law to stipulate human trafficking
as a crime and punish those involved. Activists,
however, remain alarmed by foreign-staffed sex parlors
that have made the country a haven for traffickers.
20-7-2005
Filipino labor attaché in Japan faces probe for sexual harassment
A Filipino
labor attaché in Osaka, Japan is under investigation
after a female administrative assistant complained of
"unwelcome advances," Labor Secretary Patricia Sto.
Tomas said in a statement Tuesday.
20-7-2005
No-nonsense rules forbidding pre-marital sex for Chinese students make no sense
Revised
rules forbidding unmarried students from having sex
could lessen the punishment, while at the same time
emphasizing a regulation that many feel is pointless.
Fudan University students and legal professionals have
questioned the legitimacy of the draft code.
19-7-2005
China cracks down on the sex bloggers
For the hundreds of
thousands of people who log on to Furong Jiejie's
website daily, her saucy self-portraits and delusional
diary entries ("I have a physique that gives men
nosebleeds") provide something to talk and laugh about
during breaks at work. But the dizzying rise of Furong,
who has become the most talked-about woman in China, has
prompted the Chinese government to assert further its
control over cyberspace. 19-7-2005
China: Women in miniskirts enter amusement park at half price
In recent years, pornographic
elements have begun to enter China's markets. Century
Amusement Park, in Zhengzhou city, allows women over age
18 wearing miniskirts shorter than 38 centimeters (14.8
inches) to enter for half price from July 1 through
August 31. 19-7-2005
Bold women bathers find love in Japan's hot springs
With its rock surrounds and a
bamboo wall dividing it in half, there's little to
distinguish Shosenkaku from the thousands of other hot
spring baths across Japan But actually,
Shosenkaku is an omiai onsen, literally a matchmaking hot spring,
that aims to provide a place for
men and women to encounter a lifetime partner. 19-7-2005
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