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| - Features Editors: Hong Kong: Sean Gleeson +852 2829 6211 Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Last year UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the 21st century to be the century of women's equality. AFP is offering a long-running series of interviews with women in Asia who are tackling issues that resonate worldwide -- from global warming, sustainability, and pollution to misogyny, sexual violence, the menstrual health revolution, fake news, and the rise of conservative Islam. As part of this series we are publishing the following stories: + Mieko Kawakami: Japanese author wants to 'stir things up' + Trang Nguyen: Vietnam's wildlife defender fights poachers and prejudice Japan-women-literature,INTERVIEW TOKYO Mieko Kawakami has called out cliched depictions of women by one of her country's most feted writers, and seen her own bold style attacked by a top politician -- but the award-winning Japanese author says she is happy to "stir things up". Vietnam-women-environment,INTERVIEW HANOI As a small girl, Trang Nguyen saw a bear stabbed through the chest with a giant needle at her neighbour's house in northern Vietnam -- the first of her many encounters with a global multi-billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade that devastates species the world over. 800 words. Picture We have already published: + India-women-literature-religion,INTERVIEW + Bangladesh-women-music-Islam,INTERVIEW + Myanmar-women-election,INTERVIEW + Malaysia-women-religion-Islam-clothing,INTERVIEW + Myanmar-women-rights-Buddhism,INTERVIEW + Pakistan-women-health-crime,INTERVIEW + NZealand-health-pandemic-media-internet-women,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-Thailand-environment-architecture,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-Afghanistan-film,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-Myanmar-violence-justice,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-HongKong-economy-environment-health,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-India-fashion-economy-environment,INTERVIEW + Women-activism-Vietnam-environment-energy,INTERVIEW afp
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