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Latest news, analysis and opinion on key issues facing women in the Asia region. The South China Morning Post's Lunar initiative aims to highlight stories for women and by women, as well as gender equality issues. 

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  • Vietnam has the second-highest abortion rate in the world, according to a UN estimate, with girls accounting for most of the aborted fetuses
  • Hundreds of thousands of fetuses have been buried by a woman who has devoted her life to maintaining the cemetery where they are laid to rest
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Johor state is spending US$86,000 on a rehabilitation centre to pressure ‘deviant’ people to ‘get back on the right path’, a proposal slammed by rights groups.

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Financial experts Deloitte says successful Fifa Women’s World Cup will take football revenue to US$555 million, with total windfall US$1.28 billion in 2024.

Recommendations include securing land rights for women, promoting women’s cooperatives and encouraging women to lead in developing climate policy.

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An amendment to the civil code will change “men and women” and “husband and wife” to “individuals” and “marriage partners” for same-sex couples to receive the same rights heterosexual couples receive.

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Tomoko Horino, who started working for a cosmetics company in the 1960s, has raked in more than US$835,000 over her career – and she still nails her sales goals.

Despite the rise in LGBTQ-centric films in recent years, writers say queer genres of Indian literature are still quite limited in reach and representation.

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While some lawmakers and critics say event will undermine traditional Chinese family values, organisers call it milestone in long fight for recognition.

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In Nepal, where feminism is not ‘well received’, the blurry line between feminist books and books written by women has often limited the understanding of feminism.

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‘Victory is not easy but it is certain,’ said Narges Mohammadi, who has been arrested or imprisoned many times. She has been unable to see her children for seven years.

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India’s top court did not legalise same-sex marriages, but said the nation had a duty to acknowledge such relationships and protect LGBTQ folk from discrimination.

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Lengger Lanang, performed by men dressed as Javanese princesses and with its roots in the 16th century, is close to disappearing in the Muslim-majority country with fewer than 100 performers remaining.

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Experts argue that the importance of confidence in women has been grossly inflated, distracting us from looking at how a gender confidence gap was created in the first place.

She started as a blogger sharing Turkish recipes and became a YouTube star. Now Aysenur Altan brings lesser-known parts of Turkey to the world in her videos that delve into the country’s food and culture.

Dar San Ye, 87, helped capture an agent of Pyongyang 40 years ago after he had attempted to kill a former South Korean president in Myanmar – and blew off his own hand with a grenade.