March is National Women’s History Month, when we celebrate the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. March 8 th was also Interrnational Women’s Day. As our Lao ...

Authorities in Laos rescued several disadvantaged local women who had been held against their will in a special Chinese-run economic zone in the northwestern part of the country, local sources said.

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered poverty and economic downturns in the rural heartlands of Laos, fueling an upsurge in the trafficking of women and girls to China, police and women's activists say.