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Why we need to talk about girls’ rights in East Asia
We know that when more women work, economies grow Image: REUTERS/Enny Nuraheni Asia is a restless continent. Its economies have grown and transformed at a giddying pace, reshaping the social and physical landscape in ways that could barely have been imagined only three decades ago. ...Taiwan: Pingpu recognized under Act for Indigenous Peoples
SUPERFICIAL TITLE:Pingpu campaigners said that a new classification was not what they had fought for, and that they fear the CIP might stall on Aboriginal rights issues By Jason Pan / Staff reporter Tainan Mayor William Lai, left, takes part in Kabua-Sua Village’s Siraya Night Festival ...Taiwan/China: Taiwan’s President Apologizes to Aborigines for Centuries of Injustice
HONG KONG — President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan offered a formal apology on Monday to aboriginal peoples for centuries of “pain and mistreatment,” and she promised to take concrete steps to rectify a history of injustice. In a ceremony at the presidential office in Taipei attended by aboriginal ...Taiwan: Kaohsiung hands over lands to indigenous peoples
Published On Saturday, June 04, 2016. Under: East Asia Region, Taiwan/China.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, left, gives land ownership certificates to indigenous residents May 28 in Kaohsiung City Hall. (CNA)
Southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung City has become the latest municipality in the nation to officially transfer lands back to indigenous peoples, reflecting similar projects taking place in ...Japan: New law eyed to improve living, education standards for indigenous Ainu
SAPPORO – The government is considering enacting a law aimed at bettering the living standards and education of the indigenous Ainu, who traditionally resided in Hokkaido, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. According to the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, led by Chairman Tadashi Kato, the ...Japan: Ainu people accuse Japanese government of rewriting history
Published On Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Under: East Asia Region, Japan.
The indigenous people of what is today northern Japan have accused the government of historical revisionism and racism after the education ministry revised school history books to claim that land was given to the Ainu people after Hokkaido was assimilated.
The education ministry’s screening panel intervened ...Taiwan Is Reinventing Its Relationship With Its Indigenous Peoples
"Nuclear waste get out of Lanyu" reads Lisin's T-shirt. Lisin is an Amis, one of Taiwan's 14 officially recognized indigenous people. Her shirt is a protest against a storage facility of nuclear waste on Lanyu, the land of the Tao — another subset of Taiwan's original ...Japan: Traditional Ainu sake reproduced to warm community bonds with indigenous people
Published On Monday, August 17, 2015. Under: East Asia Region, News.
SHIRAOI, Hokkaido--A museum themed on Ainu culture helped revive the traditional sake of indigenous people in Hokkaido as part of its efforts to bring together Ainu and local people.
Masahiro Nomoto, left, director of the Ainu Museum, and Kazuyoshi Tanaka, president of Tanaka Shuzo, celebrate ...Taiwan: Job market for indigenous people in Taiwan improves -Control Yuan
Published On Monday, May 18, 2015. Under: East Asia Region, News.
Taipei, May 16 (CNA) The Control Yuan, the government's top supervisory body, said on Saturday that the job market for indigenous people in Taiwan has shown signs of improving in the past few years.
After keeping a close eye on how the government implemented its policies ...
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