This week in PostMag: a celebration of women in film, sport, science and life
For International Women’s Day, we look at women as wives and mistresses, as marine researchers, as athletes, and as battlers against perimenopause
Strong women run throughout this issue. It is International Women’s Day today, after all.
Another woman looking beneath the surface is marine researcher Apple Chui Pui-yi, whose work in coral spawning and restoration is helping rebuild reefs and restore a marine ecosystem many of us never knew the city had. Fun fact? Hong Kong has more corals than the Caribbean. I know, I couldn’t believe it either when she told me.
Annemarie Evans speaks to Jane Houng, who founded the charity Becky’s Button after the murder of her daughter in 2017. She turned personal loss into a campaign for women’s safety. It’s the kind of strength no one should have to find.
In Joyce Yip’s story on ninja sports and obstacle course racing (OCR), strength takes a more literal form. She talks to Hong Kong athlete Summer Wong Man-ting, who recently became the city’s first world champion in the sport. As the parent of a young child, I’ve recently become reacquainted with the monkey bars, but I have a sneaking suspicion that somehow I won’t be turning up at the Olympics when OCR makes its debut in 2028.
The next story hit close to home, I’ll admit. Grace Brewer reports on a new wave of femtech tools designed to help women understand perimenopause, a stage of life that can stretch over a decade but remains widely misunderstood and under-researched. Turns out brain fog and poor sleep aren’t just something we have to live with. Together, these founders and platforms in Hong Kong are bringing a once-taboo topic out in the open.