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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, and fake news. As part of this we are publishing the following story: Vietnam-women-education-fashion,INTERVIEW HO CHI MINH CITY Skin-whitening, child marriage, a curtailed education: Vietnamese model and literacy campaigner H'Hen Nie has defied traditional expectations laid on her -- and is now determined to show the next generation a different way. 800 words by Alice Philipson and Tran Thi Minh Ha. Pictures by Nhac Nguyen. Video by Quy Le Bui 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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