Funny how things work out. In the mid-'70s, after Carol Cassidy realized that her life's work would be weaving, she set out for Europe, studying in Norway and Finland and becoming fluent in Norwegian.

For generations, the women of rural Laos have told the stories of their lives through weaving, threading symbols like flowers, rainstorms and mythical serpents into everyday clothes and fabrics. Fifty ...

VIENTIANE: The European Union (EU) has committed over 1 million euros to support women's economic development in Laos through a new project focused on enhancing women's roles in agriculture and enviro ...

March is National Women’s History Month, when we celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. March 8 th was also Interrnational Women’s Day. As our Lao ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered poverty and economic downturns in the rural heartlands of Laos, fueling an upsurge in the trafficking of women and girls to China, police and women's activists say.

For International Women’s Day 2022, we’re talking with women leaders across East Asia and the Pacific who are advancing gender equality today to help create a more sustainable future for all. Inthana ...

In recognition of her success in managing and leading the electrical engineering and installation firm, the Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) panel this year named Siriphone as ...

In 1976, when I was 8 years old, my family and I came to the United States as refugees from Laos. We are Hmong, which is one of the ethnic groups in Laos that acted as allies of the Americans during ...

The spirit of the Olympics was on full display during the first day of the track and field events in Paris Friday. Laotian sprinter Silinia Pha Aphay and Lucia Moris of South Sudan were side by side ...

A group of women rounded up by police from karaoke bars in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat are taken to city hall during a campaign against prostitution and human trafficking involving ...

For generations, the women of rural Laos have told the stories of their lives through weaving, threading symbols like flowers, rainstorms and mythical serpents into everyday clothes and fabrics. Fifty ...