https://www.scmp.com/rss/297873/feed Charmaine Carvalho has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, having covered daily news, lifestyle stories and financial markets as both a reporter and sub-editor in India and Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! Last month saw the world mark International Women’s Day. The United Nations’ general secretary painted a sobering picture in the lead-up to the day, warning that gender equality would not be achieved for another 300 years if the world continues on the same track. Antonio Guterres said women’s rights are being “abused,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3215799/global-impact-300-years-achieve-gender-equality-un-chief-issues-warning-international-womens-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3215799/global-impact-300-years-achieve-gender-equality-un-chief-issues-warning-international-womens-day?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:00:16 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3214698/wins-asia-oscars?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3214698/wins-asia-oscars?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3213107/women-our-time-2023?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3213107/women-our-time-2023?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3194554/iran-protests-strike-global-chord?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3194554/iran-protests-strike-global-chord?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Oct 2022 03:11:24 +0000 Watching videos of women in Iran taking to the streets, burning their hijabs and cutting their hair in protest against a repressive state, one cannot help but be awed by their courage. The protests were sparked by the death on September 16 of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran, after the morality police detained her for allegedly breaching the country’s strict dress code for women. Amini’s parents insist she was appropriately attired, although that is beside the point. Iran’s president has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194209/iran-india-or-france-womens-dress-should-be-womens-choice?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194209/iran-india-or-france-womens-dress-should-be-womens-choice?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Sep 2022 07:30:11 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3187028/why-teen-challenge-schools-short-hair-policy-should-spark-reflection?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3187028/why-teen-challenge-schools-short-hair-policy-should-spark-reflection?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2022 08:00:45 +0000 Recently, a teenager in Hong Kong lodged a complaint with the city’s equality watchdog against a school policy prohibiting male students from having long hair. The student, surnamed Lam, said in an Instagram video that the policy was not only discriminatory but also overlooked gender dysphoria – a sense of unease experienced because of a mismatch between one’s biological sex and gender identity. Lam, who used “she/her” in the Instagram post to indicate the pronouns preferred for use, was... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186919/hair-trigger-why-hong-kong-schools-are-against-schoolboys-having?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3186919/hair-trigger-why-hong-kong-schools-are-against-schoolboys-having?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Jul 2022 06:45:15 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3181121/should-menstrual-pads-be-free?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3181121/should-menstrual-pads-be-free?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:00:12 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3174403/philippine-election-pink-wave-brown-face-drama-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3174403/philippine-election-pink-wave-brown-face-drama-and-more?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:24:05 +0000 At the start of Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking , Preeti, an Indian, elaborates on her specifications for the ideal bride for her son. She should be not below 1.6 metres tall and must be “flexible”, a word which along with “adjust” and “compromise” recurs throughout the series. The show, which follows matchmaker Sima Taparia as she travels between India and the United States, has sparked much discussion since it premiered on July 16. Some criticise it for promoting casteism, colourism, patriarchy... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3095309/how-netflixs-indian-matchmaking-scratches-glossy-surface-new-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3095309/how-netflixs-indian-matchmaking-scratches-glossy-surface-new-india?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Aug 2020 03:15:16 +0000 When I flew from Hong Kong to India over Christmas, I found myself in another society experiencing large-scale protests. The similarities between the anti-government movements in both places are striking. The unrest in both was sparked by a controversial law related to the movement of people across borders: in Hong Kong, the extradition bill, which would allow the transfer of prisoners to mainland China; in India, the Citizenship Amendment Act that offers citizenship to Hindus, Christians,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3044880/india-finds-and-hong-kongs-protesters-should-learn-good-fight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3044880/india-finds-and-hong-kongs-protesters-should-learn-good-fight?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2020 01:00:14 +0000 Last week, a meme circulated on social media comparing Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor crying during a television interview over the sacrifices she has made to serve Hong Kong with a woman – dubbed “real and kind mother” – pleading with the police not to harm the young people protesting against the government’s extradition bill on June 12. Another social media post contrasted a photograph of Lam with her son to one of a protester bleeding on the ground.  In the interview,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3014867/how-mum-became-word-hong-kongs-extradition-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3014867/how-mum-became-word-hong-kongs-extradition-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:30:09 +0000 Justin Tsui Man-yin and Tse Pak-chai have spent a lot of time over the past six months peering into other people's fridges. Travelling from posh homes in Mid-Levels to public housing estates in Ngau Tau Kok, the pair have been poking into freezers and chiller trays as part of a scheme to document the identities and lifestyles of a cross-section of Hongkongers. 'It's illegal to rifle through people's rubbish, but there's nothing to stop us from going through fridges,' says Tse, who... https://www.scmp.com/article/655230/chilling-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/655230/chilling-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000