https://www.scmp.com/rss/330767/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Olena Zelenska was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, in 1978, the year leading up to the height of the Soviet Union’s global power. She met her future husband – Volodymyr Zelensky, who would go on to become the president of Ukraine – at Kryvyi Rih National University, where she studied architecture. The couple married in 2003 after dating for eight years. While Zelensky had no political experience before being elected into office in 2019, in recent days he has been increasingly described as a... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3169546/meet-ukraines-first-lady-olena-zelenska-volodymyr?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3169546/meet-ukraines-first-lady-olena-zelenska-volodymyr?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:27:36 +0000 Mainland China-listed companies have stood out for having a higher proportion of female chief executives and chief financial officers compared with the global average, but women in the country still have low representation on corporate boards, according to MSCI. Some 6.4 per cent of the 636 mainland-listed companies included in the MSCI All Country World equity index – out of 2,887 total constituents – had female CEOs as of October of last year, up from 6 per cent in 2020. This is above the 5.4... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3169446/international-womens-day-mainland-chinese-firms-have-more-female?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3169446/international-womens-day-mainland-chinese-firms-have-more-female?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2022 09:47:23 +0000 Combining both martial arts and dance elements, Lion dance is a notoriously difficult skill to master. Historically, only males were allowed to practice the sport, but one martial arts center in Hong Kong is trying to shake things up. We speak to the women breaking traditions. https://www.scmp.com/identity/why-women-could-never-be-lion-dancers-until-now/article/3140459?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/identity/why-women-could-never-be-lion-dancers-until-now/article/3140459?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jul 2021 06:01:37 +0000 Late one evening, Indrani Dahal found herself in dangerous territory. She was in Jharkhand, a province in Central India that is a stronghold of the Naxalite militant organisation. Her GPS was not working and she had no mobile phone reception. As she rode deeper into a forest on her sturdy Royal Enfield 500CC motorcycle, an AK-47-wielding sentry appeared and suggested she would be better off retracing her path to the nearest highway. “I was trembling as I rode away and prayed silently that I... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3137773/female-bikers-solo-india-odyssey-show-its-safe-single?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3137773/female-bikers-solo-india-odyssey-show-its-safe-single?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jun 2021 09:15:00 +0000 It goes without saying that pop music icons like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Ariana Grande are strong, fierce women, so it’s almost no surprise that they were raised by equally strong, fierce mums. Not only did these ladies raise our favourite singers, they also became their best friends and worked with them behind the scenes to help get them where they are today. And in plenty of cases, they even reach doppelgänger status – just slightly older, wiser and more glamorous (we’re looking at you, Gaga... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3131443/beyonce-lady-gaga-you-meet-lookalike-mothers-tina-knowles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3131443/beyonce-lady-gaga-you-meet-lookalike-mothers-tina-knowles?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:00:19 +0000 Chinese women are choosing money over marriage - and it’s all because of what’s on TV, according to a recently released study. The report released by research firm Bernstein found that as television dramas become more focused on wealth and materialism, so too have young Chinese women. Their idea of success has switched from “marrying well” to “being the architect of your own success.” In the last four decades, China has experienced an unprecedented rise in prosperity as one of the world’s... https://www.scmp.com/style/chinese-women-are-redefining-success-and-television-thank/article/3120045?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/style/chinese-women-are-redefining-success-and-television-thank/article/3120045?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:16:35 +0000 It has been a grim year for working women in China yet despite the challenges that the Covid crisis presented, many made enormous strides in their chosen field.  We take a look at 9 inspirational female leaders who made their mark not just on the mainland, but the world. Wuhan lockdown diarist Fang Fang In January this year, before the rest of the world was aware of Covid-19’s deadly force, celebrated Chinese writer Fang Fang began documenting her daily life from her home in Wuhan – and posting... https://www.scmp.com/society/how-nine-chinese-female-leaders-beat-2020s-challenges/article/3113023?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/how-nine-chinese-female-leaders-beat-2020s-challenges/article/3113023?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:27:10 +0000 Under Chinese law, unmarried women are not allowed to freeze their eggs for in vitro fertilization. Xu Zaozao, a 31-year-old single woman, says it is time to change the rules to give women more control over their bodies. Xu has filed a lawsuit against the hospital that denied her request to freeze her eggs. The case brought attention to the plight of women struggling to access IVF in China. https://www.scmp.com/health/single-chinese-woman-wants-country-allow-her-freeze-her-eggs/article/3043626?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/single-chinese-woman-wants-country-allow-her-freeze-her-eggs/article/3043626?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:30:23 +0000 2018 was a strong year for women around the world, from a record number of women elected into office in the United States to a global #MeToo movement that shook the status quo. In this episode of Best of 2018, we take a look back at some of the fearless women featured on Goldthread and what the #MeToo movement looked like on this side of the world. https://www.scmp.com/videos/goldthreads-best-2018-fearless-females/article/3000386?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/goldthreads-best-2018-fearless-females/article/3000386?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:49:46 +0000