With the Senate's approval of an amendment to include disability as a factor to be taken into account when women victimized by violence seek protection, Mexico takes a step further to grant equal protection to disabled women.
When it was revealed that garment workers in Thailand were illegally underpaid to make products for major brands, one of those big names agreed to give the employees the outstanding amount they were owed in wages.
Under its new Drug and Substance Abuse Act, the Malaysian government vows to offer rehabilitation and treatment programmes to drug abusers and addicts instead of prison sentences in an effort to eradicate the stigma around substance users.
