Conversations on Vietnam Development
AP investigation on treatment of women workers in palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia finds sexual and other forms of abuse.
![A female worker sprays herbicide in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia [Binsar Bakkara/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20319035329104.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
A 16-year-old girl describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put an axe to her throat and warned her: “Do not tell.”
Tiếp tục đọc “Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top cosmetic brands: AP”Thursday, November 19, 2020, 18:04 GMT+7 tuoitrenews
Vietnam is on the verge of gender inequality as a result of gender-biased sex selection since many families in the country still favor boys over girls, resulting in more than 40,000 baby girls unborn every year.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam faces gender inequality as consequence of gender-biased sex selection”
Prior to the devastating impacts of COVID-19, Southeast Asia was becoming an economic powerhouse. Manufacturing, industry and services expanded across the region in recent decades. Energy demand also grew an average of 6% per year, one of the fastest growth rates in the world. But despite the global decline in renewable energy prices, Southeast Asian countries have largely embraced fossil fuels to meet their growing energy needs.
Tiếp tục đọc “Clean Energy Can Help Southeast Asia Recover After COVID-19”
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