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In September 2008, four young women from the region of Manipur, north east of India, managed to escape from recruiters, who indentured them into forced labour. These women were just among the batch of 150 young women believed to have been trafficked to Singapore.

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Inez Fernandez, a staunch advocate of breastfeeding can still recall her group was placed on a defensive by media and public relations tactics when they questioned the claims made on milk advertisements on mainstream media and in the over-all packaging of dairy products last year.

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“Today, the women have politicised the space and the man as provider exist no more. He is unemployed, the families have become more varied in form and we, women feel much more deserving of rights than we did before.”

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Early this month, Malaysia Employers Federation (MEF) Executive Director Shamsuddin Bardan voiced his opposition against the proposal of the Ministry of Human Resources to include anti-sexual harassment provisions in the Employment Act of 1955. Aside from the presence of a Code of Practice for private businesses, Bardan said that anti-sexual harassment provisions might only discourage foreign direct investments.

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[Editor's Note: The founding executive director of the International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC), Anne Walker was femLINKPACIFIC's guest speaker in a dialogue with media practioners in Suva, Fiji last 18 September 2008. This article was written by Sharon Bhagwan-Rolls, femLINKPACIFIC coordinator and Isis International board member.]

"I want the women in the Pacific to know their voices are being heard"

That was the affirmation from the former Executive Director of the International Women's Tribune Centre in New York, Dr. Anne S. Walker, as she spoke to rural and regional women's media correspondents at femLINKPACIFIC's 2nd Annual Programme Partners Review and Planning Meeting, held at the femLINK Community Media Centre in Suva.

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Accra, Ghana - Just days before the 3^rd High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, 200 feminists and women’s rights activists across the globe came together in Accra, Ghana on 30 September 2008 to highlight the achievements and gaps on existing aid flows which are meant for gender equality and women's empowerment.