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| - Features Editors: Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Twitter: @AFPfeature As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for the 21st century to be the century of women's equality, and to mark International Women's Day today March 8, AFP is running a dedicated 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, and female digital rights. We are re-publishing the following stories in this special package written, photographed, and filmed by women: + Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle + Voice of the unknown woman: Afghan Filmmaker Roya Sadat + Talking about a Menstrual Revolution + No country for young women? Myanmar's battle against rape + Feminist, fashionable and fighting for sustainability: India's Anita Dongre + How one woman is taking on Vietnam's 'big coal' + Nighat Dad, Pakistan's digital warrior battling the patriarchy Women-activism-Thailand-environment-architecture,INTERVIEW BANGKOK Bangkok's future hangs in the balance. Rising sea levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban population growth has left millions vulnerable to natural disasters -- and scientists warn the city itself may not survive the century. But it does have a secret weapon: renowned architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom who preaches mindful development over mindless construction. 900 words by Dene-Hern Chen. Pictures by Lillian Suwanrumpha. Video by Lillian Suwanrumpha and Dene-Hern Chen. Women-activism-Afghanistan-film,INTERVIEW KABUL For a generation, Roya Sadat has been a voice for Afghan women in one of the world's worst places to be one. The first female filmmaker to make her name after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, she has won plaudits at home and abroad for works such as "A Letter to the President", and "Three Dots", and "Playing the Taar". She has lived through the Soviet occupation -- fleeing with her family for their lives at times -- endured the brutality of civil war, and then the violent oppression of Taliban rule, where women existed only in the shadows and basic freedoms were lost. 950 words by Elise Blanchard. Video by Najiba Noori. Pictures by Mariam Alimi. Women-activism-Myanmar-violence-justice,INTERVIEW YANGON Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it is regarded as normal -- and as a result -- woefully under-reported, says lawyer and activist Hla Hla Yee. 1,000 words by Su Myat Mon. Pictures by Shwe Paw Mya Tin. Video by Phyo Pyae Pyae Khin Women activism HongKong economy environment health,INTERVIEW HONG KONG Olivia Cotes-James wants us to talk about menstrual health. Properly. No more euphemisms, no more opaque marketing, no more superstitions, and no glossing over cramps, bleeding, or pain: Reframing current attitudes is vital for female empowerment and health, as well as the environment, says the 29-year-old founder of LUÜNA Naturals, which hails itself as Asia's first period care company with an all-female leadership team. 950 words by Liz Thomas. Pictures by Veronica Sanchis Bencomo. Video by Celia Cazale Also moving: Indonesia-health-social,SCENE Women-activism-India-fashion-economy-environment,INTERVIEW NAVI MUMBAI, India With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is a feminist powerhouse in a male-dominated industry. But her true ambition is to create an environmentally sustainable company, she says. 800 words by Ammu Kannampilly. Pictures by Laurene Becquart. Video by Ammu Kannampilly Women-activism-Vietnam-environment-energy,INTERVIEW HANOI As a child, Nguy Thi Khanh used to lie in the grass in her Vietnamese village and watch toxic emissions from nearby coal plants float past like clouds. Today she is one of the few voices in Vietnam taking on the industry -- a rare female climate crusader pushing for renewables in a country where dirty energy is on the rise. 900 words by Jenny Vaughan. Pictures by Lillian Suwanrumpha Women-activism-Pakistan-digital-rights,INTERVIEW LAHORE, Pakistan With her flashing rings, green-streaked hair, and "Hack the patriarchy" laptop decals, Nighat Dad appears fearless. But this lawyer, feminist, digital rights activist, founder of Pakistan's first cyber-security helpline, single mother and human rights award winner still tears up when she remembers Qandeel Baloch, another bold woman who challenged Pakistan's deeply conservative social taboos -- and paid for it with her life. 850 words by Sarah Titterton. Video by Justine Gerardy. Pictures by Amna Yasin afp
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