CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The hundreds of young women busily tying and snipping around here don’t know a minnow from a mackerel. But their nimble fingers and sharp eyes have turned this picturesque hill ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR), and Freedom Bridge welcome the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against ...

An increasing number of women are working as fishers, a profession long considered off-limits to females in Japan. In late July, a job-seeker event staged in Tokyo for the fishing industry saw an ...