How Many of Your State’s Lawmakers Are #Women?
If You Live in the #Southeast, It Could Be Just 1 in 5
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year.
But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% #male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total #abortion bans.
The late summer garden still delivers. The first three of my #SixOnSaturday are all native plants, and some are show-casing their berries this time of year: Callicarpa americana (American Beautyberry), Vernonia glauca (Appalachian Ironweed), and Aralia racemosa (American Spikenard).
The two-week change map shows degradations extending from the #Southwest to the #Southeast, as well as the #Northwest and north-central regions. The #Midwest and High Plains areas continue to see some improvements.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will introduce a new minimum wage policy across all industries in the private sector, His Majesty announced on Saturday. In his customary address to mark his 77th birthday, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said the move was “a step towards strengthening the lives and well-being of the people”, and...
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Cool resource in outlining the pattern of right-wing harassment and incitement, up to utilizing state apparatus. Using the Malaysian film Mentega Terbang as the case study, it:...
Brunei announces phased introduction of minimum wage (thescoop.co)
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei will introduce a new minimum wage policy across all industries in the private sector, His Majesty announced on Saturday. In his customary address to mark his 77th birthday, Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said the move was “a step towards strengthening the lives and well-being of the people”, and...
PH, China make headway on ‘fishing ban’ – Marcos (globalnation.inquirer.net)
MANILA, Philippines — Manila and Beijing were “making some progress” toward a breakthrough in resolving their dispute over China’s annual fishing ban in the South China Sea that had been
Philippines starts rollout of bivalent vaccines vs COVID-19 (www.philstar.com)
The Philippines has started the rollout of bivalent vaccines against COVID-19. Health workers and senior citizens who received second booster shots four to six months ago are eligible for the initial rollout of bivalent jabs. The bivalent vaccines are updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccines seen to protect against two virus...
A Brief History of Grab in Southeast Asia: transnationality, dominance and resistance (labourreview.org)
Platform companies operate transnationally. Should labour movements respond transnationally, too? Over the next few months, we will be publishing a Special Series on Grab in Southeast Asia to understand how Grab operates in different contexts, and what forms workers' organising and resistance have taken in each context....
Why activists want to change divorce laws in the Philippines | DW News (youtu.be)
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You like reading? You like puns? A Bookwyrm instance to check out: Orreadi (orreadi.com)
I'll just let the about page explain it all:...
Chart: a guide on moving to Indonesia (mastodon.social)
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#SaferSpacesForArts - how public incitement works to produce a chilling effect (freedomfilm.my)
Cool resource in outlining the pattern of right-wing harassment and incitement, up to utilizing state apparatus. Using the Malaysian film Mentega Terbang as the case study, it:...