カテゴリー: Gender
Movie about an affair between a woman and an older man aims to challenge stereotype of Afghan women as weak and repressedThere are few pavements in Kabul, so when Shahrbanoo Sadat steps out for her daily walk, she shares the roads with cars and tanks. …
Tamayo Marukawa among 50 conservative MPs to urge local body not to support policy changeJapan’s minister for women’s empowerment and gender equality, Tamayo Marukawa, is among a group of conservative MPs who have opposed a legal change that would allo…
LDP’s attempt to demonstrate gender equality after Olympic sexism row backfiresIt was a move designed to show that Japan’s ruling party was committed to gender equality after the sexism row that forced one of its former prime ministers, Yoshiro Mori, t…
Growing numbers of women ditch giri choco custom of ‘forced giving’ of gifts to senior male colleaguesShifting gender politics and the coronavirus have combined to spell the possible end of the Japanese Valentine’s Day custom of women giving chocolates…
Yuriko Koike says attending meeting with under-fire Games chief would not send positive messageThe governor of Tokyo has said she will not attend a key meeting of Olympic officials next week, as the row over sexist comments made by the head of the 2020…
Many of the Filipina women we interviewed across Asia, Europe and the Middle East lost jobs or had salaries cut since the pandemic – others were subjected to physical abuseThis story is published in partnership between the Guardian and the Fuller Proje…
A popular actor was accused of harassment – now those who spoke against him are being charged under law meant to protect womenIt takes a lot to rattle Leena Ghani. As an artist turned activist helping to raise the voices of Pakistan’s women, she has of…
Crowdfunder allows Kanwal Ahmed to keep sharing advice on sex, violence… and cookingA social media star has been dubbed Pakistan’s Kickstarter Oprah after her groundbreaking digital talk show in which women talk about taboo issues such as marital rape,…
Manus Island’s Nahau Rooney, at one time the only woman in PNG’s parliament, dedicated her life to advancing women in her countryHardworking, audacious, occasionally controversial, but always vivacious: one of Papua New Guinea’s political pioneers, Nah…
Tomomi Inada makes comment after new prime minister appoints just two women on 21-strong cabinetA prominent member of Japan’s ruling party has described the country’s politics as “democracy without women”, days after the new prime minister appointed ju…
Gunjan Saxena was one of the first women in the IAF, but her biopic has drawn rebukes from fellow officers over sexism claimsFormer and current members of the Indian military have criticised a Netflix film for portraying the armed forces as rife with g…
Niine’s sponsorship of Rajasthan Royals aims to help remove stigma around periodsWhen the Rajasthan Royals walk on to the pitch this September, it will mark more than a long awaited return of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket.Emblazoned on the back o…
New study shows preference for a son is highest in north of country with Uttar Pradesh having highest deficit in female birthsAn estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030 because of the persistent use of selective …
Ryu Ho-jeong, 28, says she wore colourful outfit to challenge male dominance in parliamentSouth Korea is again confronting its outdated attitudes towards women in the workplace after a female MP was criticised for attending a parliamentary session in a…