Forest peril and gender parity

Hello Globe fans,

Southeast Asia Globe began the first complete week of This summer with articles striking all four of our core pillars: Power, Cash, Earth and Lifestyle. We covered signing and lawsuits, abortion and women’s rights, conservation and land development and general public perceptions of regional government relations.

To open the lineup, Fiona Kelliher delved in to the concept of SLAPP lawsuits , which corporations use in attempts to silence criticism from active supporters and workers and journalists by draining their funds through the courts. Fiona highlighted a Malaysian company fighting the particular complaints of forest and water conservationists in Borneo via a $1 million defamation situation.

Globe’s Amanda Oon interviewed Carrie Bronze, a member of Singapore’s Parliament, following the announcement of the U. S i9000. Supreme Court overturning a vital abortion precedent . Tan said Singapore is “doing instead well” in the fight for women’s rights but discussed the setbacks and successes of the city-state’s journey to parity and precisely why the patriarchy is definitely an enemy across most of genders.

Globe ’s Anton L. Delgado described how developers and tycoons have centered on Cambodia’s Phnom Tamao Woodland , which is shielded conservation land. Regardless of silence from federal government officials, Anton sewed together information from Facebook posts, leaked documents, sales representatives and billboard commercials to report to the shadowy construction programs threatening the sanctuary. This collaboration with the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Analysis Network ,   was also a first intended for Southeast Asia Globe , offering a Khmer-language edition thanks to the efforts of our gifted colleagues at Focus – Ready For Tomorrow .

Factor Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat explained how public sentiment in Indonesia has turned towards China over politics, military and economic activity in the region. The 2021 survey showed perceptions of The far east have worsened in 33 Indonesian provinces since 2011. The chilly reception might have an impact on relations between the two countries sharing space within the South China Ocean.

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