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| - Features Editors: Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Earlier this 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 we are publishing the following stories: + Taslima Nasreen: Relentless rebel revelling in polemics + Bangladeshi star's comeback after Islamist death threats India-women-literature-religion,INTERVIEW Banished from her homeland with a bounty on her head, author Taslima Nasreen has been forced to live in exile for more than a quarter of a century -- but she refuses to bow to the religious fundamentalists that want her dead. 800 words by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA. File pictures Bangladesh-women-music-Islam,INTERVIEW For years Sufi singer Rita Dewan captivated millions of followers in Bangladesh with her haunting ballads. Today, she lives in fear each performance will be her last. 800 words by Shafiqul ALAM. Pictures by Munir Uz Zaman. Video by Sam Jahan We have already published: + 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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