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Minnette de Silva (1918–1998) was Sri Lanka’s first female architect and the first Asian woman associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Yeshe Tsogyal (c.757 or 777–817CE) was a Tibetan Buddhist master. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Constance Goh (1906–1996) was a Singaporean pioneering family planning activist. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Encarnacion Alzona (1895–2001) was a Philippine feminist historian and suffragist. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905–1990) was a Pakistani diplomat and the country’s first female governor. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Kwon Ki-ok (1901–1988) was Korea’s first female pilot. medium.com/@theasianfem... #WomensHistoryMonth
Dewi Sartika (1884–1947) was an Indonesian women’s rights activist and education advocate for women. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Fatimah Sheikh (1831–1900) was India's first Muslim female teacher who helped set up the country's first girls' school. #WomensHistoryMonth medium.com/@theasianfem...
Gao Yaojie (1927–2023) was a Chinese dissident doctor who uncovered the AIDS epidemic in rural China. medium.com/@theasianfem...
Sei Shonagon (c. 966–1017/1025) was a Japanese poet and writer who authored The Pillow Book, considered a masterpiece of classical Japanese literature. medium.com/@theasianfem...
A median of 49% of adults in 12 places in Asia say they at least somewhat favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally. Another 43% say they oppose legal same-sex marriage, according to Pew surveys.
Reem Alsalem, the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls (UNSRVAW), calls parental alienation "pseudo-theory". twitter.com/UNSRVAW/stat...