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<\/p>\nNot all women have the same story to tell. Their experiences\u00a0<\/i>are different,\u00a0and so are their reproductive needs. \u00a0Join ASAP\u00a0<\/i>this Women\u2019s Day, and walk in the shoes of women\u00a0whose\u00a0<\/i>needs have become marginalized.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Women’s Day Special: Reproductive Needs Of Marginalized Women\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
An Old Profession Fights For Its Rights:<\/b><\/p>\n
Sex work has been one of the oldest professions in history and yet today sex workers \u2013 both male and female \u2013 are finding themselves having to fight very hard to get legitimacy for their profession. Their position in society compromises their rights to health. Once such right is the right to safe abortion.<\/p>\n
Read More:\u00a0https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/an-old-profession-fights-for-its-rights\/<\/a><\/p>\n Women In Conflict Zones:<\/b><\/p>\n As the very nature of conflict changes from armed wars fought between nations to chemical warfare aimed at ethnic groups within the country or to economic battles fought in capitalistic markets, it has become very important to ask ourselves how these conflicts affect women. How is their access to resources \u2014 already limited by patriarchal societies \u2014 further curtailed by conflicts? Can these women see a doctor when they are sick? Can they choose if and when to become a mother?<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0https:\/\/asap-asia.org\/blog\/what-happens-to-my-reproductive-choice-in-a-conflict-zone\/<\/a><\/p>\n Two Sides Of The Same Coin?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n For middleclass women neoliberalism and globalization present an unprecedented trend.\u00a0If they were once marginalized because of rigid social hierarchies that chose to treat them\u00a0as a second, less important person within their own homes, they now have the means to\u00a0negotiate their position in the society and at their homes.\u00a0But while it might seem like women\u00a0are able to gain power within the existing economic framework, it is really worth questioning if\u00a0neoliberalism numbs feministic motives to question patriarchy\u00a0and any ideas of masculinity\u00a0that it engenders.<\/p>\n