<div><span>Women seem to have become a casualty of the ongoing political strife that has been plaguing the Kingdom since the 2006 military coup, if not earlier. This became very clear when a number of female Pheu Thai MPs decided to hand sarongs over to opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva in protest against his alleged reference to Thailand's first female prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra as a "stupid bitch".</span></div> <p></p>

<p>MANILA, Oct 13 (IPS) - For Father Eduardo Vasquez, setting up 'Bahay Kalinga&rsquo; (House of Care) in the province of Maguindanao is one way of deepening his mission.</p> <p>The centre specifically caters to women and children who were displaced by the ongoing conflict between government troops and Muslim rebels in Mindanao, southern Philippines. He has described it as &quot;a shelter and safe place where pregnant women and children can get medical attention.&quot;</p>

<p><span>Malang</span><span>, Indonesia</span><span /> color:black;"&gt; - Siti, a middle-aged woman who makes her living as a home-based worker, was busy weaving a net around a shuttlecock, moving her two hands quickly and skilfully along with the other women workers at her house.</span></p>