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The latest gender news and features, with a millennial focus, including gender identity, gender issues, discrimination, equality and inequality, and equal rights.
last updated:
27 August, 2024
Transgender youth and allies rally outside the US Supreme Court on December 4. The UK decision comes as the to US court considers the constitutionality of state laws that ban such treatments for minors. Photo: dpa
Britain

UK bans puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria

Health Secretary Wes Streeting cited a review that concluded that the long-term benefits for treating gender-related distress were unproven.

Women and gender

Years after mentally ill woman went missing, man held on suspicion of rape

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Japan

Tokyo to propose 4-day work week for government staff in parenthood push

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Donald Trump

Trump team takes aim at Ivy League, gearing up attacks on diversity programmes

One proposal seeks to slash funding for universities that favour one racial or ethnic group or gender over another.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: AP
LGBTQ

Hong Kong court upholds judgments on LGBTQ rights

The upholding of three landmark judgements by Hong Kong’s highest court has renewed calls for a legal framework recognising the rights of same-sex couples.

Hong Kong courts

Editorial | Rights for same-sex couples and transgender people in Hong Kong long overdue

Progress on framework to protect “core rights” urgently required after decisions by Hong Kong’s top court on housing and inheritance.

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Fintech

Time running out for 250 Hong Kong-listed firms to get women on board: HKEX

At least 250 Hong Kong-listed companies do not have at least one woman on their boards despite the compliance deadline just a month away.

HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan Yiting said companies are making progress on appointing women to their boards. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Women and gender

About 140 women and girls killed by partner or relative per day in 2023: UN

Africa had the most severe toll with 21,700 women killed by someone close to them in 2023.

Food and Drinks

Cafe owned and run by women makes a statement in Indonesia

‘Now is the time for change,’ says owner of cafe in conservative Aceh province, where running a coffee shop is seen as a man’s job.

Malaysia

‘Don’t have a choice’: Rohingya child brides trapped in Malaysia’s refugee crisis

Rohingya girls as young as 12 are being forced into marriage in Malaysia, escaping dire conditions in Bangladesh refugee camp.

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Nor Anis Syazwani collects preliminary health data upon patients’ arrival at an MSF mobile clinic in Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Steven Ooi/MSF
Icons and Influencers

What is controversial internet personality Oli London up to now?

It’s been hard to keep up with Oli London’s multiple transformations in recent years, but now the internet personality has found God, and is trying to prevent others from ‘following in his footsteps’

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Oli London at the Venice Film Festival in September 2023. Photo: @londonoli/Instagram
India

India’s female gig workers facing unsafe conditions, seek change and justice

Female gig workers in India have formed a union to advocate for rights and visibility, and confront harassment, unsafe conditions, and exploitation.

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South Korea

Telegram to delete deepfakes targeting South Koreans

This comes as South Korea’s media regulation agency pushes the company to boost its monitoring of such content.

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Australia

Australia’s gender pay gap narrows as ‘change is happening’

But women employees on average still earn A$28,425 (US$18,590) less each year than their male colleagues.

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Pedestrians at Sydney’s Westfield shopping centre. A report in February showed the gender pay gap at some of Australia’s biggest firms was bigger than the national average. Photo: Reuters
Middle East

Iran says no charges against student who stripped to her underwear

Activists say the woman was arrested after protesting over hijab rules; officials say she is ‘ill’ and has been handed over to family.

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Footage widely shared on social media shows a female student in her underwear outside Tehran’s Islamic Azad University. Photo: UGC via AFP
American cinema

Jennifer Lawrence-produced film shows women’s torment in Afghanistan

Apple TV+ documentary Bread & Roses, co-produced by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, was shot entirely on smartphones.

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Women and gender

Opinion | Faster, bolder action needed to empower women across the Asia-Pacific

Great strides made since 1995 Beijing Declaration of women’s rights but progress still uneven and often fragile. True equality remains elusive.

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Singapore

Singapore’s workplace fairness law hailed but rights group points to gaps

Employers who discriminate against workers based on characteristics such as race, age, sex and nationality could be prosecuted under the proposed law.

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People walk along the promenade near the financial business district in Singapore. Photo: AFP
Sri Lanka

Women candidates signal potential shift in Sri Lanka’s male-dominated politics

While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and achieve true gender equality.

India

India’s political parties woo women voters with cash handouts

A greater turnout of women voters in the past decade is pushing political parties to compete to attract them.

South Korea

‘Boycotting men’: South Korean feminist movement gains traction after Trump win

Driven by gender inequality, sexism, and a backlash against male privilege, the movement reflects a growing global trend of resisting patriarchal norms.

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South Korean women carry flags reading “Feminist” on International Women’s Day in Seoul on March 8. South Korea’s feminist movement “4B” of no dating, sex, marriage or having children with men, has gone viral in America and beyond since Trump won the election. Photo: AFP
India

In India, trial starts over rape and murder of Kolkata doctor

Charges were drawn up last week, while the man arrested said he was ‘completely innocent’ and was being framed.

People make posters during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters
Japan

In Japan, call to ban women marrying after 25 stirs backlash

Naoki Hyakuta, founder of the Conservative Party of Japan, also angered many when he proposed uterus removal for women at the age of 30.

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Germany

Berlin Wall divide that once shaped German women’s lives still echoes today

Women’s lives that have diverged so starkly under communism and capitalism have become much more similar again.

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Britain

UK counsellor dismissed for gender-critical views awarded US$90,000

Judge ruled the counselling support worker suffered harassment, discrimination in her claim of dismissal against a rape crisis centre.

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The Royal Mile located in Edinburgh’s Old Town. Counselling support worker Roz Adams won a claim of constructive dismissal against Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre in May, with the tribunal judge finding she had suffered harassment and discrimination. Photo: Joanne Yau
Middle East

Iranian student in underwear protest put in ‘specialised care centre’

Authorities say she suffers from ‘psychological fragility’; activists say other women opposing the system have been sent to such facilities.

A woman in Paris, France on Tuesday holds a placard in support of an Iranian female student seen in her underwear at a Tehran university. The slogan reads “Woman, Life, Freedom”. Photo: Reuters
Japan

‘No right to interfere’: UN criticism of Japan’s succession law sparks outcry

Critics argue that the UN panel’s call undermines Japan’s national identity, sparking a fierce debate on gender equality and tradition.

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Middle East

Concern grows for Iran woman detained over underwear protest

Activists fear the student – seen as a feminist icon after stripping outside her university – could be confined in a psychiatric institution.

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