Sex tourismTheir fathers visited the Philippines to buy sex: now a generation of children want to track them down
Brigette Sicat will not be going to school today. She sits, knees to chest, in a faded Winnie-the-Pooh T-shirt, on the double mattress that makes up half her home. At night, she curls up here with her grandmother and two cousins, beneath the leaky sheets of corrugated iron that pass for a roof. Read More...
Advocates for women’s rights are aware that any changes to abortion laws could face strong opposition from the Catholic church. Photograph: Thierry Falise/LightRocket/Getty ImagesAdvocates for women’s rights are aware that any changes to abortion laws could face strong opposition from the Catholic church. Photograph: Thierry Falise/LightRocket/Getty ImagesWomen's right to choosePhilippinesThe case of one 20-year-old from Manila reveals the dangerous role of online sellers of illicit methods in a country where terminations are outlawed Read More...
TV reviewTelevisionReviewThis hilariously OTT French thriller makes previous classical music dramas such as Un Coeur en Hiver seem sensible, via rampant misogyny, a secret affair and a potential murder
If I am reborn as a woman, I want to come back as Hélène Barizet. Imagine a musician as brilliant and scary as Nadia Boulanger, but with a pearl-handled Beretta in her top drawer. We first see Hélène (Marie-Sophie Ferdane) strutting to baggage reclaim. Read More...
