NHRC hails elective abortion law

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has welcomed a legal amendment that allows for the elective termination of pregnancies between 12 and 20 weeks to ensure safe and legal abortions, a basic right for women urged by at least two international pacts Thailand has signed.Continue Reading

Girls on the grill: Meet the female chefs manning the hottest, heaviest part of the kitchen for love of fire

The intense physicality of the job doesn’t daunt women like Nadine Tay, Amarit Kaur and Ashley So – just three of the rising number of young female chefs in Singapore who choose to hone their skills in cooking food over fire, and, along the way, are burning up preconceived notions of what women can do.Continue Reading