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Filipino women escorted by Chinese nationals posing as their husbands have been intercepted at the border, immigration officials say. Anti-trafficking experts suspect organised crime groups are involved.
A group of surgeons in China have staged a professional online circumcision championship in a bid to correct an array of misconceptions that surround the penile procedure.
Young people are putting off marriage due to ‘structural challenges’, as demographers say data shows fertility rates are likely to continue declining.
The phenomenon is in stark contrast to China’s official clubs and elite politics, where female participation is minimal, if not absent.
The amendment will allow foreign-born children to Malaysian mothers and their non-Malaysian spouse to automatically get citizenship, ending years of struggle for many.
The trend means couples can ‘experience parenthood’ while maintaining a preferred lifestyle that includes work-life balance, holidays and date nights.
From 1842 to 1997, the Vienna Philharmonic was an all-male ensemble. Now it has 24 female musicians and is catching up with some of the world’s other leading orchestras.
Proposed tweaks to the ‘old-fashioned’ text were defeated in a referendum coinciding with International Women’s Day.
Spousal violence can be pronounced among immigrants who are socially or culturally isolated, experts say, and there often is a stigma about seeking help.
Funding woes, work-life balance and prejudice remain hurdles for women entrepreneurs, who say having supportive business partners and spouses can be half the battle won.
Ahead of International Women’s Day, delegates at this week’s ‘two sessions’ parliamentary gatherings call for reproductive reforms and highlight problems that remain prevalent in China’s rural areas.
Senior female business leadership in the Asia-Pacific region has been shrinking this year and is lagging behind other parts of the world, with the lack of flexible working in the post-Covid era posing a hindrance to gender parity, Grant Thornton says.
On International Women’s Day, readers discuss the need to better support women as they move up the career ladder, migrant domestic workers’ efforts to create a more inclusive city, and the Hong Kong government’s baby bonus.
Recent data and warnings from social workers suggest that Hong Kong women tend to save less but need more money when they reach retirement age.
Lucy Lord MBE, a decorated obstetrician who is also the founder and executive chair of mental health charity Mind HK, reveals the Jane Austen book that she has read over and over again for 50 years.
A man has been charged with assault for the attack on a 25-year-old migrant that has sparked outrage among women’s rights groups and fellow refugees.
Such incidents in Gion include tourists pulling kimonos worn by the geisha and forcing the traditional entertainers to pose for photos.
Women have come forth to share their experiences of rape and harassment in India, denouncing the culture they say continues to allow it.
An appreciative husband’s gesture of kneeling before his wife and thanking her for enduring a fourth pregnancy that resulted in a boy has met with fierce disapproval on mainland social media.
Professor Celia Chan says respondents’ perceptions of a woman’s experience in dealing with various aspects of life differ by more than 10 per cent
Their reasons vary – and it’s not always to do with finances. But societal stigma persists, even in a world that’s increasingly overpopulated.
Asia continues to have some of the widest gender pay gaps, with women facing deep-rooted obstacles to financial security or access to jobs.
With the city state’s total fertility rate for 2023 projected to hit an all-time low of 0.97, minister Indranee Rajah said ‘we need more Singaporeans’ to maintain dynamism.
Thai transgender activist Jakapong Jakrajutatip has blamed an unnamed person for the ‘unlawful act’, saying the edited clip was used to tarnish her reputation.
Data showed the average number of expected babies for a South Korean woman during her reproductive life fell to 0.72 in 2023 from 0.78 in 2022.
The number of babies born in Japan in 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the country’s population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed on Tuesday.
The ratio of Japanese men who took paternity leave stood at 17.1 per cent in a 2022 survey, far less than 80.2 per cent among women.