Gender
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Here’s how we can help oppressed women and girls in Afghanistan | Letters
Simon Diggins on offering resettlement and educational opportunities to those living under the Taliban regime …
- Afghanistan, Gender, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Violence against women and girls, Women, World news
The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban | Editorial
Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed thei…
- Bollywood, Culture, Employment, Film, Garment workers, Gender, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
What does a Bollywood star have to do with Indian women’s wellbeing? Everything | Shrayana Bhattacharya
In India being a female fan of Shah Rukh Khan is not just about a love of film – it’s a form of resistance aga…
- Gender, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Sword Granny: meet the 82-year-old dedicated to teaching India’s oldest martial art
Amid rising crimes against women, Meenakshi Raghavan is dedicated to passing on the ancient skills of Kalaripa…
- Family, Gender, Global development, India, Law, Life and style, Marriage, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital rape
Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of ma…
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‘Ruining my career’: calls grow for Japan to change law on married surnames
Japan is the only country in the world that requires spouses to use the same name, but after decades of inacti…
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Japan court lets transgender man change official status without sterilisation in legal first
Ruling comes months after supreme court ruled that requiring sterilisation before a change of gender in offici…
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Japan’s former PM, 83-year-old Aso, piles insults on female foreign minister
Taro Aso, vice-president of ruling LDP, said Yoko Kamikawa ‘not that good looking’, got her name wrong, used a…
- Gender, Global development, LGBTQ+ rights, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We can have a beautiful future now’: Nepal’s first legally married same-sex couple celebrates
After months of legal challenges Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey registered their marriage, giving hope to oth…
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India’s supreme court issues handbook against use of archaic terms for women
Harmful language and stereotypes about women can lead to distortion of law, says chief justice of IndiaIndia’s…
- Gender, Global development, Kyrgyzstan, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
In Kyrgyzstan, parents wish for sons. Too many girls, and they start to worry and pray | Gulbarchyn Toialieva
My father was so upset at having a girl he refused to visit me in hospital. He later changed his mind, but suc…
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Taiwan’s ruling party rocked by sexual harassment claims
President apologises for second time in a week as politics and media embroiled in #MeToo allegations Taiwan’s …
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Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground
Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent fe…
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‘I decided I could do better than them’: the women taking on Japan’s male-dominated politics
Female candidates in the local elections across the country this weekend face one of the world’s toughest glas…
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UN concern after its female workers are ‘banned’ from working by Taliban
All staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with TalibanUni…