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By Bianca Miglioretto

Why should LGBT organisations, communities, and movements want to collaborate with feminist organisations, feminist movements, communication movements and the broader social movements?

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The Association on South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) was once again put to the test in the aftermath of cyclone Nargis which left 130,000 people dead in the Irrawaddy delta of Burma.

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By Kathleen Aquino

The 3rd ILGA-Asia Conference held in Chiang Mai, Thailand last 24 to 27 January 2008, was an opportunity to unite LGBT activists from the different parts of the region. It provided a venue for LGBT activists to discuss pressing issues within their respective countries and to share strategies towards the attainment of gender equality and sexual diversity in Asia.

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It has been more than a week since cyclone Nargis pounded the Irrawaddy Delta, leaving hundreds and thousands dead and missing and millions starving. Aid have began to trickle in yet there are remote areas still unreached by the limited relief operations. As the notorious junta refuses to truly cooperate with donors and to facilitate an assessment of the extent of Nargis' impact, speculation over statistics persists.

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Over what is now being perceived as a food crisis sweeping the globe, panic and anger over food have fueled many street demonstrations and even riots across different countries like Mexico, Haiti, Bangladesh, Philippines, Mozambique, and Morocco.

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Last 10 April 2008, Nepal held elections for its Constituent Assembly. Isis International interviewed Bandana Rana for her perspective on the election. Ms. Rana is former president and founder of Sancharika Samuha, a women's independent media organisation and currently the president of Saathi, an NGO working on violence against women, based in Kathmandu, Nepal.