https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/326980/feed News and analysis on women's rights, the gender gap, LGBTQ issues, sexual harassment, sexual minorities and masculinity in Asia and beyond. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Associated Press Associated Press A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks, police said on Thursday, days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and raising concerns about security in a country where lawmakers are highly accessible to the public. Police say that a 56-year-old man entered Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley’s electorate... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3371759/safety-australian-women-mps-focus-after-man-nunchucks-threatens-staff https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3371759/safety-australian-women-mps-focus-after-man-nunchucks-threatens-staff Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:21:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters A woman told police that British actor and comedian Russell Brand had grabbed her breasts before dragging her into a toilet at a bar and orally raping her, a London court heard on Monday. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and the former husband of US singer Katy Perry, is on trial accused of three counts of rape, three of ‌sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women between 1999 and 2009. The 51-year-old denies the allegations, and told police after his... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3371433/woman-tells-uk-court-comedian-russell-brand-raped-her https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3371433/woman-tells-uk-court-comedian-russell-brand-raped-her Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:17:55 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald ⁠Trump will sign an executive ⁠order alongside first lady Melania Trump on ⁠Monday creating a task force and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) division focused on women’s health, the White House said. The task force will be led by Trump’s White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who recently announced that she is cancer-free, and US ‌Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jnr, a White House official said. The new Women’s Health Division at NIH will not replace the agency’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371418/trump-create-new-nih-division-task-force-womens-health https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3371418/trump-create-new-nih-division-task-force-womens-health Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:19:26 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan After Chinese tennis player Zheng Qinwen won the China Open in early October, a series of photos showing her in a white dress and studded high heels, holding the trophy on the Great Wall, unexpectedly drew criticism from female internet users who accused the athlete of trying to please men and of not looking like an independent woman. Chinese social media celebrated Zheng’s victory, which made her the first Chinese player to win the championship in the tournament’s 22-year history. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3371350/seeking-male-approval-chinese-tennis-star-criticised-glamorous-photo-shoot-trophy https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3371350/seeking-male-approval-chinese-tennis-star-criticised-glamorous-photo-shoot-trophy Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:06 +0000 Leopold Chen Leopold Chen https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3371795/hong-kong-actress-details-harassment-entertainment-industry https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3371795/hong-kong-actress-details-harassment-entertainment-industry Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse One message told him to “go to hell”. Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in. Asians who share a name with one of the men accused of raping a US university student have faced a torrent of online abuse. The alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, detailed in a recent lawsuit, has sparked an outpouring of outrage against the seven accused perpetrators. The case has sent internet sleuths scouring digital footprints for clues to track them down. All seven... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370961/witch-hunt-sweeps-asian-men-misidentified-alleged-cornell-gang-rape https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370961/witch-hunt-sweeps-asian-men-misidentified-alleged-cornell-gang-rape Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:24:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Australia’s navy said on Thursday it would audit bathrooms across its fleet after a video recording device was found in the cabin of one of its ships. Navy chief Matt Buckley has vowed a full investigation into the incident aboard the HMAS Leeuwin, a survey ship docked in the northeastern city of Cairns in the state of Queensland. A member of the armed forces has been identified as a “person of interest” and was assisting military police with enquiries, Australia’s defence ministry said in an... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3370928/hidden-cameras-found-womens-showers-australian-navy-ship https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3370928/hidden-cameras-found-womens-showers-australian-navy-ship Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:58:13 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa American comedian Shane Gillis has come under fire for his Saturday Night Live opening monologue during which he made a sexist comment about how women dress in the gym. “I haven’t been to the gym in so long – I didn’t know women just dress like whores now?” he said. “Look, I’m sorry, there’s no other way to describe [it]. Have you seen it? I’ve seen it. You’ve seen the shorts? They’re those neon, like, artificial bait-coloured [shorts], and the wrinkles go around the cheeks and all combine at... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3370872/meet-shane-gillis-ex-grace-brassel-whos-speaking-out-over-his-sexist-snl-jokes https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3370872/meet-shane-gillis-ex-grace-brassel-whos-speaking-out-over-his-sexist-snl-jokes Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:30:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved. The accuser claimed that she was pressured to take ketamine, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370788/cornell-suspends-frat-parties-after-alleged-gang-rape https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370788/cornell-suspends-frat-parties-after-alleged-gang-rape Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:50:34 +0000 Kamakshi Gupta Kamakshi Gupta https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/article/3371070/high-profile-rape-cases-spark-calls-change-and-accountability https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/article/3371070/high-profile-rape-cases-spark-calls-change-and-accountability Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji Bhavya Gupta was a Grade 4 student when the 2012 horrific gang rape and murder of a medical college intern who was on a private bus in New Delhi, which sparked nationwide outrage and led to the execution of four attackers, prompted her teacher to mention the case in class to raise awareness about women’s safety. “My teacher gathered all the girls in the classroom and told us about it, and after that our school uniform changed from skirts to pants. I also remember adults around me talking about... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3370079/14-years-after-nirbhaya-gang-rape-horror-has-india-progressed-womens-safety https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3370079/14-years-after-nirbhaya-gang-rape-horror-has-india-progressed-womens-safety Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:03:42 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The International Criminal Court on Monday gave more details about arrest warrants issued last year for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government’s restrictions on women and girls. The warrants, for Habibullah Agha, minister of education, and Neda Mohammad Nadeem, minister of higher education, were issued on September 9, 2025 and remained under seal until Monday. The two officials are accused of gender-based persecution linked to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369838/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-4-taliban-leaders-wanted-gender-persecution-charges https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369838/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-4-taliban-leaders-wanted-gender-persecution-charges Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:43:42 +0000 Julian Ryall Julian Ryall Final-year students invited to recruiters’ apartments for help with their applications. Coffee dates with alumni who promise to explain how the company works. Inappropriate interview questions about boyfriends, marriage plans and sex lives. For young women in Japan, looking for a job has long entailed submitting themselves to the skewed power dynamics of the recruitment process. And before Thursday, no official legal safeguards existed to protect these jobseekers from such... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3369593/name-and-shame-japans-tame-answer-jobseeker-sex-harassment https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3369593/name-and-shame-japans-tame-answer-jobseeker-sex-harassment Sun, 04 Oct 2026 01:30:14 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang For the first time in a decade, China has returned to the top 100 out of 145 economies in an annual global report assessing gender equality. China closed 69.9 per cent of its gender gap in 2025, rising to 96th place from 103rd the previous year and increasing 1.3 percentage points, according to the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-profit organisation based in Switzerland. It marks the first time China has been ranked in the top 100... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3369621/china-returns-top-100-gender-parity-ranking-first-time-2016 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/politics/article/3369621/china-returns-top-100-gender-parity-ranking-first-time-2016 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 04:00:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday faulted police and prosecutors for failing to fully investigate an alleged gang rape in 2024 at Cornell University, saying she was “deeply disturbed” by how the incident was handled. Hochul was speaking at a press conference alongside state Attorney General Letitia James, ‌whom she appointed on Thursday night as a special prosecutor to investigate the allegations. The case has drawn fresh scrutiny after the alleged victim filed a lawsuit accusing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369632/new-york-governor-attacks-handling-cornell-gang-rape-case-appoints-special-prosecutor https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369632/new-york-governor-attacks-handling-cornell-gang-rape-case-appoints-special-prosecutor Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:10:53 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/article/3370247/hong-kong-economist-apologises-sexist-campus-talk https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/article/3370247/hong-kong-economist-apologises-sexist-campus-talk Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369397/woman-told-cornell-police-2-years-ago-she-was-100-sure-she-was-raped-transcript-shows https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369397/woman-told-cornell-police-2-years-ago-she-was-100-sure-she-was-raped-transcript-shows Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:34:09 +0000 James Liang James Liang Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and latest policy address have put demographic sustainability on the public agenda. Among the measures announced are an extension of the newborn bonus scheme and increased financial support for the second and subsequent children. These are welcome steps. But the fertility debate should not be reduced to whether a bonus is large enough to change family decisions. The bigger challenge is whether Hong Kong can remain dynamic and competitive while its younger... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3368854/raising-hong-kongs-birth-rate-economic-imperative https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3368854/raising-hong-kongs-birth-rate-economic-imperative Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:30:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters King Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri on Tuesday as Morocco’s first woman prime minister after her liberal-centrist party came out on top in a September 23 parliamentary election, the royal palace said. The king asked El Mansouri to form a new government, the palace said in a ‌statement. El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) was created in 2008 by an adviser to the king and has since positioned itself as a counterweight to the Islamist Justice and Development Party... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3369259/moroccos-king-appoints-el-mansouri-first-woman-prime-minister https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3369259/moroccos-king-appoints-el-mansouri-first-woman-prime-minister Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:37:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The operating company that runs the Eiffel Tower said on Tuesday its chief would step down at the end of this year in the wake of a controversy over the removal of women staff during a visit by a Hindu religious group. Patrick Branco Ruivo, who has been director general of the Paris landmark since 2018, would leave his job at the end of the year after an internal probe revealed that “operational flaws and shortcomings” in organising the visit led to the “unacceptable” removal of women staff, the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3369249/eiffel-tower-chief-stepping-down-over-removal-women-staff-hindu-groups-visit https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3369249/eiffel-tower-chief-stepping-down-over-removal-women-staff-hindu-groups-visit Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:36:21 +0000 Emily Hung,Danny Mok Emily Hung,Danny Mok An economist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has issued a formal apology for a campus talk criticised as “sexist”, as an online petition calling for his suspension from college duties drew nearly 100 signatures. Terence Chong Tai-leung, an associate head of New Asia College and an associate professor in CUHK’s Department of Economics, posted the apology on his personal Facebook page on Tuesday, a week after making the remarks during an assembly presentation. Chong also offered an... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3369240/economist-formally-apologises-sexist-campus-talk-students-urge-suspension https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3369240/economist-formally-apologises-sexist-campus-talk-students-urge-suspension Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:08:39 +0000 Reuters Reuters India’s Supreme Court on ⁠Monday pushed for ⁠accountability over a recent spate of rape cases in the national capital and neighbouring districts, saying they reflected a “failure of law enforcement”, local media reported. Hundreds of students protested in Delhi last week demanding better safety for women after a teenager said she was gang-raped by three men at a city park. Protesters, most of them female, held placards and shouted slogans while marching near the crime scene. “Our body is our... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369069/indias-supreme-court-urges-accountability-over-rapes https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369069/indias-supreme-court-urges-accountability-over-rapes Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:36:18 +0000 Alice Wu Alice Wu Love is a many-splendoured thing – except when seen through the lens of economists, apparently. Prominent economist Terence Chong Tai-leung, a Chinese University of Hong Kong associate professor, confirmed this in an address last week to the university’s New Asia College. In a speech titled “How to invest in your life?”, he basically told the female students at the event that they were wasting their time on academic achievements, since women must aim to marry for money. Don’t pursue a PhD, he... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3368803/hong-kong-professors-sexist-views-have-been-laid-bare-thats-good https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3368803/hong-kong-professors-sexist-views-have-been-laid-bare-thats-good Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:30:10 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof In a village on the outskirts of Kota Bharu, in Malaysia’s deeply conservative northeastern state of Kelantan, Rozi* has learned to ignore what people say about her daughter. She had known for years that Hana* was different. As a child, Hana preferred girls’ clothes and spent most of her time with girls. Later, after leaving Kelantan to study, she began transitioning and eventually returned home, living openly as a woman. Rozi, 58, struggled to accept it at first, but what troubled her more was... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3368824/malaysia-mothers-love-offers-her-trans-daughter-refuge https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/people/article/3368824/malaysia-mothers-love-offers-her-trans-daughter-refuge Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:30:12 +0000 Sumnima Kandangwa Sumnima Kandangwa Lane Kiffin’s decision to leave Ole Miss only days before their first college football playoffs to coach their long-time rivals, the LSU Tigers, has not been received well by his old team – and things got especially heated ahead of the LSU vs. Ole Miss match on September 20, with the latter claiming victory. Landry Kiffin, Kiffin’s oldest daughter, who is a student at Ole Miss, reportedly had several banners with inappropriate and explicit remarks directed at her. In response to the harassment,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3368753/meet-lsu-tigers-coach-lane-kiffins-daughter-landry-kiffin-whos-studying-ole-miss https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3368753/meet-lsu-tigers-coach-lane-kiffins-daughter-landry-kiffin-whos-studying-ole-miss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:00:08 +0000 Zabrina Lo Zabrina Lo Out of the backstage shadows, an onnagata – the traditional female role in the Japanese traditional theatre art of kabuki – steals into the light. Her hair is swept high into a voluminous bun, framing a face veiled in a thin layer of porcelain-white powder. Touches of cherry blossom flush across her eyelids and lips. She glides across the starkly lit stage so weightlessly that her steps leave silence behind. With precision, she turns, twirls and looks into the distance, face perfectly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3368742/how-one-woman-rewriting-kabukis-all-male-narrative-japan https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3368742/how-one-woman-rewriting-kabukis-all-male-narrative-japan Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:45:08 +0000 dpa dpa Italy has passed a decree banning face coverings in all schools and capping the proportion of newly arrived foreign pupils with insufficient Italian at 30 per cent per class from the next school year, the government in Rome said on Friday. The government said the 30 per cent quota applies in primary school to children who do not hold Italian citizenship, were not born in Italy and have not attended an Italian kindergarten for at least two years. In secondary schools the same rules apply, except... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368837/italy-ban-burkas-schools-30-cap-pupils-poor-italian https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3368837/italy-ban-burkas-schools-30-cap-pupils-poor-italian Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:20:08 +0000 Zabrina Lo Zabrina Lo https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3369492/hong-kongs-female-lantern-artisan https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3369492/hong-kongs-female-lantern-artisan Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Lisa Cam Lisa Cam As moon-gazers look skyward during the Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, they should spare a thought for Wang Zhenyi, one of China’s most notable astronomers and mathematicians – and a woman. Living during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), when a learned woman was expected to do little more than ornament a household with poetry, Wang wanted something bolder: to explain eclipses. Her answer was physical, not mystical. It involved light, shadow and the movement of the moon. Using a round table for the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3368457/how-wang-zhenyi-chinese-female-astronomer-and-mathematician-defied-gender-expectations https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3368457/how-wang-zhenyi-chinese-female-astronomer-and-mathematician-defied-gender-expectations Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:15:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, was resentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant. Weinstein, 74, forcibly performed oral sex in 2006 on Miriam Haley, one of dozens of women who have made accusations against the Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love producer. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in 2020 for the sexual assault, but it was overturned on appeal in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368557/harvey-weinstein-gets-15-years-jail-2006-new-york-sex-crime https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368557/harvey-weinstein-gets-15-years-jail-2006-new-york-sex-crime Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:04:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The social media influencer “Clavicular”, who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family’s Cape Cod home. Braden Peters, 20, is charged with rape, administering a substance for sexual intercourse and procuring alcohol for a person under 21 in the alleged May 23, 2025, assault in Chatham, according to court records. A... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368441/looksmaxxing-influencer-clavicular-charged-raping-us-girl-17 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368441/looksmaxxing-influencer-clavicular-charged-raping-us-girl-17 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:50:12 +0000 Emily Hung,Vivian Au Emily Hung,Vivian Au The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has told a top economist to be mindful of his words and other people’s feelings after he faced a backlash over his discussion of the costs and benefits of women marrying for money in a campus talk. The controversy erupted shortly after Terence Chong Tai-leung, an associate professor of economics, spoke about investing in one’s life at an assembly held every two weeks at New Asia College on Tuesday. Chong is also the executive director of the Lau Chor... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3368435/cuhk-economist-apologises-over-talk-examined-women-marrying-money https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/education/article/3368435/cuhk-economist-apologises-over-talk-examined-women-marrying-money Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:17:26 +0000 Garry Lotulung Garry Lotulung https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3368697/women-fighting-indonesias-wildfires https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3368697/women-fighting-indonesias-wildfires Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 SCMP Style Reporter SCMP Style Reporter The Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC) has always been a barometer of the city’s creativity: a place to test ideas under runway lights. This year’s finale was held on September 5 during the closing of Centrestage – Asia’s premier annual fashion event hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) – and saw 10 emerging local designers respond to the theme “You” with collections rooted in memory and experience. The top prize went to Tsui Ao-lung for The Tide, a collection... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3367707/style-edit-ydc-2026-spotlights-hong-kongs-fashion-trailblazers https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3367707/style-edit-ydc-2026-spotlights-hong-kongs-fashion-trailblazers Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse When transgender woman Kali Sidharth Medepalli began hormone replacement therapy in India, she expected to complete her medical transition and undergo surgery within a year. But just months after she began treatment earlier this year, India’s parliament amended the country’s transgender law, and the clinic where she was receiving care stopped her medicines. “Everything shut down,” the 23-year-old communications specialist and LGBTQ rights activist said in the southern city of Hyderabad. Kali... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367806/indian-transgender-patients-left-limbo-following-legal-amendments https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3367806/indian-transgender-patients-left-limbo-following-legal-amendments Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:33:36 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang One stormy night last month, a driver surnamed He saw two tall men get out of a car in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and pull a young woman off the street and into the vehicle. During the struggle, her umbrella fell to the ground. She did not appear willing. Suspicious, He followed the vehicle and later reported the incident to local police, supplying them with footage he had recorded. Thanks to him and the police, the abducted 18-year-old was rescued from a forced marriage. According to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367606/why-women-china-are-still-risk-abduction-and-forced-marriage https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3367606/why-women-china-are-still-risk-abduction-and-forced-marriage Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:30:06 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South African authorities, the cases appear to be linked, though they did not confirm whether they are the work of the same killer. The South African Police Services (SAPS) has issued a public warning for women to be cautious when... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3367629/south-africa-alert-after-7th-womans-body-found-near-capital https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/africa/article/3367629/south-africa-alert-after-7th-womans-body-found-near-capital Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:12:42 +0000 Reuters Reuters A British man on ⁠Monday admitted repeatedly drugging and raping his wife at their home over more than two decades, shortly before his trial was about to begin. The man – from northern England who ‌is in his 60s but cannot be named as it would identify his wife who is entitled to lifelong anonymity – pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 45 charges, having previously admitted 15 offences. The man has now admitted charges including ⁠21 counts of rape, 15 counts of assault by... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367506/british-man-admits-drugging-and-raping-wife-over-more-2-decades https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367506/british-man-admits-drugging-and-raping-wife-over-more-2-decades Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:04:01 +0000 David D. Lee David D. Lee https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3367922/viral-clip-tests-south-koreas-deepfake-laws https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3367922/viral-clip-tests-south-koreas-deepfake-laws Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters Emma Bonino’s life in politics began with a crime. In 1974, at a time when abortion was illegal in Italy, ⁠she travelled to a clandestine clinic in Florence ⁠to terminate an unplanned pregnancy. “Coming back by train at night, I ⁠decided that never, never, never again should anyone have to suffer this humiliation,” she later recalled. A year later, determined to drag abortion out of the shadows, she handed herself in to police, turning her private “offence” into a public act of defiance. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367210/emma-bonino-italian-politician-who-fought-abortion-rights-dies-aged-78 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3367210/emma-bonino-italian-politician-who-fought-abortion-rights-dies-aged-78 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:30:35 +0000 Stephy Zhang Stephy Zhang An Indian powerlifter who won a silver medal at a world championship has spoken out after being targeted with online harassment and objectified for her looks, calling the ordeal “sexism at its finest”. Keyaa Kunal Banerji, 21, showed remarkable strength early in her career at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior and Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships in Sun City, South Africa, late last month. Weighing 45.7kg in the Junior Women’s 47kg category, Banerji pulled 140kg in the dead lift, more than... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3366943/indian-powerlifter-won-silver-medal-world-meet-says-internet-focused-her-looks https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/other-sport/article/3366943/indian-powerlifter-won-silver-medal-world-meet-says-internet-focused-her-looks Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:22 +0000 Reuters Reuters Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate lost their bid for release from a Miami jail on Wednesday as they contest extradition to Britain, where they are wanted on rape charges. In denying bail for the Tate brothers, Miami-based US Magistrate Judge Lauren Louis said the brothers’ wealth and frequent international travel made them “quintessential flight risks”. “While [the brothers] may not ‌in fact possess what extravagant holdings they portray themselves as possessing online, the record... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366978/tate-brothers-lose-bid-release-us-jail-pending-extradition-fight https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366978/tate-brothers-lose-bid-release-us-jail-pending-extradition-fight Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:04:27 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to take the 36-year-old former labour and delivery nurse to trial again. Neither Clancy, her family nor the jury showed any emotion as the judge announced the mistrial. The deliberations... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366447/mistrial-declared-lindsay-clancy-child-killings-case https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366447/mistrial-declared-lindsay-clancy-child-killings-case Fri, 04 Sep 2026 19:22:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A woman referee in South Korea will face a disciplinary hearing over accusations she insulted former Chelsea midfielder Ji So-yun by saying she was menstruating, the football association said on Friday. The inquiry will focus on an incident that saw the international booked after confronting the official during a domestic women’s league game between Ji’s Suwon FC Women and Seoul City Hall. It was sparked when Ji, a midfielder who is the top scorer for the South Korea national side, demanded a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/football/article/3366366/south-korean-football-referee-faces-hearing-over-using-period-insult-player https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/sport/football/article/3366366/south-korean-football-referee-faces-hearing-over-using-period-insult-player Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:06 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3367113/activists-call-out-gaps-hong-kongs-voyeurism-laws https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3367113/activists-call-out-gaps-hong-kongs-voyeurism-laws Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters A single juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is preventing the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict, her lawyer said in court on Thursday, after deliberations stretched into a sixth day over whether to convict the Massachusetts woman of killing her three young children. Defence lawyer Kevin ‌Reddington made that statement shortly after the jury sent Judge William Sullivan in Plymouth, Massachusetts, a note that prompted him to reinstruct jurors on what would constitute “reasonable... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366282/holdout-juror-preventing-verdict-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial-lawyer-says https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3366282/holdout-juror-preventing-verdict-lindsay-clancys-murder-trial-lawyer-says Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:04:00 +0000 Chloe Loung Chloe Loung Fresh off the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, Hong Kong-born Tammy Wong is still buzzing – and not just from the adrenaline. The 30-year-old weightlifter, who represented England in the women’s 48kg category, finished with a combined total of 160kg (352lbs), just 7kg shy of a podium finish, and five off her own personal best. A three-time champion of British Weight Lifting’s British Championships, Wong played hockey as a child, continuing through university while going to the gym on the side.... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3365834/hong-kong-born-weightlifting-champion-tammy-wong-strength-fear-and-femininity https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3365834/hong-kong-born-weightlifting-champion-tammy-wong-strength-fear-and-femininity Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:15:05 +0000 Charmaine Yu Charmaine Yu https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366288/controversial-history-mr-hong-kong-pageant https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3366288/controversial-history-mr-hong-kong-pageant Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate stood in the witness box in federal court on Thursday and said they could not adequately defend themselves from criminal sex charges if they had to remain in a Miami jail while fighting extradition to the UK. During nearly two hours in a Miami courtroom, the Tates, in shackles and tan jail jumpsuits, denied under oath criminal accusations across multiple countries, blasted their critics and described their brash online personas that exude wealth... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365505/shackled-tate-brothers-ask-be-released-jail-during-extradition-fight https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3365505/shackled-tate-brothers-ask-be-released-jail-during-extradition-fight Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:21:01 +0000 Varvara Rodchenko Varvara Rodchenko Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from the WNBA game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever held at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Sunday. He was sitting courtside wearing a black T-shirt that read “Woman: noun, adult human female” across the chest. Late in the third quarter, Sky guard Natasha Cloud scored and confronted Freedom during a timeout. He stood up with his arms outstretched and stepped onto the court before security and players intervened. Freedom was then... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3365199/why-was-enes-kanter-freedom-ejected-wnba-game-controversy-over-trans-athletes-explained https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3365199/why-was-enes-kanter-freedom-ejected-wnba-game-controversy-over-trans-athletes-explained Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:28:40 +0000