Historical background: A diversity of people ; Religious beliefs ; Women in traditional Asia ; The impact of the West ; Nationalism, Communism and revolution ; Women in modern East and Southeast Asia ; From post-Colonialism globalization
East Asia: China ; Japan ; Korea ; Mongolia
Southeast Asia: Brunei Darussalam ; Cambodia ; East Timor ; Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Myanmar (Burma) ; Papua New Guinea ; The Philippines ; Singapore ; Thailand ; Vietnam
Western Pacific: Australia ; New Zealand ; Island communities of the Western and Southern Pacific.