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Changes include the criminalisation of voyeurism and follow a string of acquittals in rape cases that triggered protests nationwide Japan has raised the age of consent from 13, among the world’s lowest, to 16 years old as lawmakers passed key reforms t…
Read MoreNumber of couples tying knot fell 800,000 in 2022 amid birthrate ‘crisis’The number of marriages in China last year dropped to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986.Data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs showed the number of coup…
Read MorePoverty-stricken women and girls are being tricked and abducted in West BengalAnima was just 13 when the traffickers came for her.It began gently at first, as a romantic relationship with Rubik, an older man from out of town. He had travelled for work …
Read MoreBody of teenager lay untouched until police informant passed by, raising fresh concerns about women’s safety The killing of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi who was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley as pedestrians walked on has sparked outrage ove…
Read MoreIndia’s small group of female skateboarders are smashing stereotypes and forming strong communities. We hear some of their storiesGrowing up in Delhi, India, I was always fascinated by the stories of women who challenged societal norms and broke barrie…
Read MoreVictim alleges in viral social media post that assault 11 years ago resulted in her becoming pregnant and having an abortionFollowers of China’s struggling #MeToo movement have been gripped by a series of recent allegations, including against a profess…
Read MoreXu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominentA single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married coup…
Read MoreUN children’s agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides, but warns 12 million girls still getting married each yearThe number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this centur…
Read MoreDespite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million women have the disease, cultural stigmas can make the delay even longer‘Hell-on-earth excruciating pain,” is how Ruhi Singh* describes her exp…
Read MoreHealth ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill is to become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved a drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.Abortio…
Read MoreOfficials say it will leave in May if Taliban cannot be persuaded to let local women work for organisationThe UN is ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it cannot persuade the Taliban to let local women work f…
Read MoreMy new independence has been met with everything from curiosity to awkward laughter. But this is about me, not themWhen Lost Migrations, an animated film series I’d been waiting to see for months, finally premiered in Karachi earlier this year, I immed…
Read MoreDespite the WHO declaring it eliminated in 1998, thousands of tea pickers have caught the diseaseAloka Gonju didn’t take much notice of the discoloured patch of skin on her left hand until her fingers began to stiffen and hurt. It became a struggle to …
Read MoreFemale candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glass ceilingsAi Ishimori was teaching Japanese cookery classes in France when she was gripped by an urge to return to her home country.“Shinzo Ab…
Read MoreAll staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with TalibanUnited Nations staff in Afghanistan have been ordered to stay at home for 48 hours to give UN officials time to persuade the Taliban not to go ah…
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