Asia

After she finished high school, Wandi Cao’s mother had a piece of advice about her looks.”My mother tried to persuade me to do the double-eyelid plastic surgery, so that ‘my life would…

Indonesian rights groups protest against dialogue for gender equality over alleged failure to address issues in North Sumatra. Indigenous and women’s rights groups in Indonesia are protesting against the G20’s…

According to Jahanbanou, India’s presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu on Thursday became the first tribal woman to be elected as president of India by defeating her rival, opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha,…

Lhakpa Sherpa, who recently climbed the Nepal side of Everest, negotiates her adventures with remarkably limited resources Lhakpa Sherpa – the female world record-holder for Everest summits – uses a…

At a self-defense class in New York after the latest anti-Asian attack, one student said, “I feel like I have an army of sisters.” A year has passed since the senseless…

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Azerbaijan, with Committee Experts praising Azerbaijan’s support for rural women, and…

The filmmaker’s very special, very personal work is changing lives, one day at a time The most significant aspect of Samar Minallah Khan’s work for female empowerment is inclusivity. Samar,…

A Melbourne man raped two women in a nightclub toilet and told them about his dead daughter in the horrifying attack Tuncer Salih was found guilty of two counts of…

Pakistani police arrested six men from the same family on Sunday, accused of murdering two sisters who were from the same village but also had Spanish citizenship Police said that Urooj Abbas,…

More female drivers in China are opting to work in the delivery sector. Below, you will read the words of three of them and will learn about their aspirations plus…