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XX Files - S1E74: Baby Loss Awareness Week

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It is Baby Loss Awareness Week. The week marks the lives of babies lost in pregnancy or soon after. Here in Singapore, 1 in 5 women will have a miscarriage in the first 3 months of pregnancy - and that doesn’t include terminating pregnancies for medical reasons. Vernessa Chuah has lost babies multiple times. She now helps others as a Pregnancy Loss and Grief Coach. We also speak to Sherli Torrey, Founder of Mums @ Work about SIA’s move to allow female air stewardesses to return to flying after they have given birth.

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XX Files - S1E82: Paying homage to dialects

Are you fluent in your dialect? One young person has made it her mission to promote Hokkien, her dialect. Ong Yi Ting is on Tik Tok as ‘yitinggoyt’ and she has over 72,000 followers and 1.1 million likes across all her posts.

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XX Files - S1E81: No role for female political leaders in China?

China's executive policymaking body - the Politburo - has no women members for the first time in 25 years, now that President Xi Jinping has announced his new leadership team. Dr Pan Wang, Senior Lecturer in Chinese and Asian Studies at the University of New South Wales in Sydney outlines the impact of this lack of female leadership when it comes to the progress of gender equality in China.

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XX Files - S1E80: How are different communities addressing sexual harassment?

Students from the Singapore University of Social Sciences and Lady Doak College in India have worked together to raise awareness on sexual harassment in Singapore and India. CNA938's Yasmin Jonkers speaks with Cynthia Chang from the SUSS, who mentored the project, & SUSS student Isabelle Tan, who was part of the crew that produced the #NotAlone video about how survivors from different communities respond to sexual harassment.

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XX Files - S1E79: Supporting kids in underprivileged communities

Hiqh quality education is important to Rebecca Eu, Founder of Mei's Own. She works with kids in the Philippines and around Southeast Asia to make sure they have access to basic necessities and quality education. CNA938's Yasmin Jonkers also speaks with Carissa Yap, Ms Universe Singapore 2022 about her prep work ahead of the pageant in New Orleans in January next year.

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XX Files - S1E78: More 'heart work' for a kinder society

A little bit of kindness goes a long way. Sherry Soon, Founder of Be Kind SG tells us how a mindset shift could help with the overall kindness here. CNA938's Yasmin Jonkers also speaks with Shahidah Lam Zainal Abideen who committed 9 years of her career helping others.

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