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Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inaction, appetite for change is buildingFor Akiko Saikawa, the administrative nightmare began soon after she married.The office worker from Tokyo h…
Read MoreRuling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in official records was unconstitutionalA court in western Japan has approved a transgender man’s request to have his gender changed in official record…
Read MoreTaro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used ageist jibe and mixed up her place in historyA Japanese former prime minister and vice-president of the ruling Liberal Democratic party has bee…
Read MoreAfter months of legal challenges Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey registered their marriage, giving hope to other same-sex couples in the south Asian countryThe dancing continued until the early hours. Family and friends – and Suru the dog – gathered in…
Read MoreHarmful language and stereotypes about women can lead to distortion of law, says chief justice of IndiaIndia’s supreme court has issued a handbook for judges urging them to shun words like seductress, vamp, spinster and harlot when talking about women….
Read MoreMy father was so upset at having a girl he refused to visit me in hospital. He later changed his mind, but such attitudes keep women uneducated and limited to housework and care dutiesMy father didn’t come to the hospital when I was born. I discovered …
Read MorePresident apologises for second time in a week as politics and media embroiled in #MeToo allegations Taiwan’s ruling party has been rocked by a wave of sexual harassment allegations, as the country grapples with a #MeToo movement that has encompassed p…
Read MoreUeno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movementTo find evidence that China’s feminist movement is gaining momentum – despite strict government censorship and repression – che…
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…
Read MoreSadai Banowan violated ‘laws and regulations of the Islamic emirate’, says local Taliban officialA female-run radio station in Afghanistan’s north-east has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said.Sadai…
Read MoreWhen my country, Pakistan, flooded last year, women faced particular suffering. That’s true around the worldLast summer, a third of Pakistan was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, was submerged. Two million homes were destroy…
Read MoreAnne Jakrajutatip, boss of JKN Global, recently made headlines by buying the firm behind the contest for $20mAnne Jakrajutatip, 43, has a story unlike many of the world’s media moguls. Growing up in Bangkok, the child of shop owners, she felt that she …
Read MoreNeda Mohammad Nadeem says ban was necessary to prevent mixing of genders as rare protests break outThe minister of higher education in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has defended his decision to ban women from universities – a decree that triggered a…
Read MoreHigher education ministry issues indefinite order three months after thousands sat entrance examsAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women, the ministry of higher education said in a let…
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