China is considering narrowing the gender gap in retirement age, a move that will also mean a realignment of state pensions and childcare provisions.
Jobs for ‘Men only’, pregnancy tests, and being asked about dating history are common for women looking for work.
A new wave of Thai female entrepreneurs are taking on the big-name feminine hygiene brands with products that are more culturally sensitive and environmentally friendly.
‘It is very precious to marry a Hong Kong-Pakistani girl.’
For desperate families, girls are sometimes seen as a financial burden from the moment they menstruate.
Who said saris were staid and restrictive? These women are wearing it for everything from hula-hooping to skydiving.
Throughout the past 12 months of trials and tribulations, Asia’s women have proved time and again that they can rise to the challenge.
On this International Women’s Day, regulatory changes, company and family support and flexible working arrangements were among key issues that needed to be addressed for more women to break the glass ceiling, according to the Hong Kong financial industry’s 10 leading women executives.
Beijing has tinkered with policies to encourage population growth but looking at the gender balance of its core leadership might be a starting point, say observers.
An illegal surrogacy boom, domestic violence cases being ignored, and the plight of children born out of wedlock are among the issues being discussed in China.
Despite sweeping changes, both legal and social in recent years, equality for women remains elusive in modern China.
