Over 30% of ever-partnered women in the Lao PDR have experienced at least one of the three types of violence, including physical, sexual and psychological. However, less than 2 per cent of women will report violence to the authorities. To
The Lao PDR is drafting the 10th National Report as part the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the Lao PDR. Laos has receives the support from the United Nations
Laos recorded 10,469 cases of dengue fever throughout the country and 12 deaths, according to the Centre of Information and education for Health, the Ministry of Health on July 21. The 12 deaths included five in Vientiane, three in Attapeu,
Laos organized a walking event last Saturday in Vientiane to celebrate the 19th anniversary of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28, 2003-April 28, 2022). Addressing at the opening ceremony, Director of Labour Management Department, Ministry
Zimbabwe’s central bank has introduced gold coins that it hopes will ease citizens’ demands for foreign currency. But economists and ordinary Zimbabweans are skeptical. At the official launch of the gold coins in Harare on Monday, John Mangudya, head of
Diana Kennedy, a tart-tongued British food writer devoted to Mexican cuisine, died Sunday. She was 99. Kennedy spent much of her life learning and preserving the traditional cooking and ingredients of her adopted home, a mission that even in her
