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Traveling safely in New Delhi
New Delhi has long had a reputation as being a tough city for females. The December 2012 rape and murder of a young woman in the Indian capital highlighted this unfortunate fact to an international...
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Travel to India: ‘be alert, not alarmed’
The gang-rape on Friday 15 March of a 39-year-old Swiss woman who was camping with her husband in a rural area of India has once again focused international attention on risks to women within the...
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Avoid arak to be a smarter traveler in Bali
With Bali well established on the conference circuit, many businesswomen find themselves on the exotic Indonesian island and may be tempted to tag a vacation on the end, with or without the family....
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How to navigate Denpasar airport: a guide for visitors
Denpasar International Airport, officially known as Ngurah Rai International Airport, is the main entrance point into Bali. The airport is Indonesia’s second busiest after Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta...
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Oh no! I vomited in my handbag! Or, why you need to photocopy important...
Here on Safer Business Travel for Women, we like to remind travelers to photocopy their important travel documents – such as passports – just in case they’re lost or stolen. This is something that I am...
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A short guide to business etiquette for women traveling to…Australia
Businesswomen, including foreign businesswomen, are not an unusual sight in Australia. Many women hold powerful positions in the public and private sectors, although this number is still low compared...
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Be health-smart and prepare in advance for unexpected illness while overseas
The Friday Flyer from a couple of weeks ago contained a link to an excellent article on managing your health risks, before and after traveling abroad, based on data from the World Tourism Organization...
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Do you know how to phone for help in a foreign country?
Perhaps surprisingly, this is something that the majority of international travelers rarely consider, myself included. Prior to living in India, I assumed that dialling 911 anywhere in the world would...
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Rare food poisoning in Bali kills two: What you need to know to stay safe
Last month sadly saw an Australian woman and her daughter die in Bali as a result of food poisoning they caught from eating fish at a local restaurant. The story generated a huge amount of interest in...
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Interview with…a social worker in Papua New Guinea
Kate Andren is an Australian social worker who recently spent a year working in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, for a local civil society advocacy organisation dedicated to addressing gender-based...
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