https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/501966/feed The latest gender news and features, with a millennial focus, including gender identity, gender issues, discrimination, equality and inequality, and equal rights. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Bloomberg Bloomberg South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s 36-year-old gender minister nominee stepped down before gaining confirmation of her position amid a public backlash over her suitability for the job in the latest negative fallout from the president’s cabinet reshuffle. Yong Hye-in, a lawmaker of the minor Basic Income Party, pulled out of consideration for the position on Sunday after controversy erupted over her insistence that she would not give up her parliamentary seat while serving in the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3367394/south-korean-presidents-cabinet-reshuffle-hits-new-snag-gender-minister-nominee-quits https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3367394/south-korean-presidents-cabinet-reshuffle-hits-new-snag-gender-minister-nominee-quits Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:33:36 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran Richardson Mojica is no stranger to thoughts of ending it all. The 40-year-old university professor and mental health advocate was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and depression in his early 20s. He finds fulfilment in his job, yet suicidal ideation has always lingered. “We call it passively suicidal – you don’t want to live, but you don’t want to stop everything,” he said, revealing that he had survived a self-inflicted attempt on his life months ago. Survival is a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3367229/man-break-down-unpacking-philippines-male-suicide-crisis https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3367229/man-break-down-unpacking-philippines-male-suicide-crisis Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:08 +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 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 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 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 Jennifer Lee Jennifer Lee https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3365521/bts-members-face-backlash-attending-chris-brown-concert https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3365521/bts-members-face-backlash-attending-chris-brown-concert Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service Women working in US President Donald Trump’s White House were not surprised that press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced last week she was leaving her job – and they do not think it was just because she wants to spend time with her young children. In an interview with the Daily Mail, several anonymous White House employees spoke of the pressure that Leavitt, executive assistant Natalie Harper and other female staff are under to adhere daily to a “Maga perfect” standard of beauty that requires... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364371/ugly-side-pressure-white-house-women-maintain-trumps-maga-perfect-image https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3364371/ugly-side-pressure-white-house-women-maintain-trumps-maga-perfect-image Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:56:20 +0000 Alex Howlett Alex Howlett Artist, inventor and professor Jiabao Li was almost not born. When her mother became pregnant with Li during the era of China’s one-child policy, she had to battle to keep her because of her gender. Over 330 million abortions were performed in China between the policy’s introduction in 1979 and 2013. “My mum had to fight not to abort me,” Li says. Today, the 33-year-old Harvard graduate is an associate professor in the art and design department of Northeastern University in Oakland, in the US... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3363883/breast-milk-menstrual-blood-how-artist-jiabao-li-challenges-norms https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/lifestyle/arts/article/3363883/breast-milk-menstrual-blood-how-artist-jiabao-li-challenges-norms Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:15:05 +0000 Paul McNamara Paul McNamara https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3364742/age-not-limit-swimmer-siobhan-haughey https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3364742/age-not-limit-swimmer-siobhan-haughey Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press An Australian jury on Thursday convicted a former Catholic bishop renowned for hosting alcohol-fuelled house parties of sexually abusing two young Indigenous men. The District Court of Western Australia jury convicted Christopher Saunders, 76, of 13 out of 19 charges of sexual abuse that allegedly occurred between 2008 and 2019 in his sprawling diocese on the country’s tropical northwest coast. Prosecutors alleged he lured young Indigenous men to his church-owned house with free alcohol and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3363919/australian-jury-convicts-ex-catholic-bishop-sexually-abusing-2-men https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3363919/australian-jury-convicts-ex-catholic-bishop-sexually-abusing-2-men Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:35:53 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said on Tuesday, urging an end to such “discrimination”. The Taliban administration, recognised solely by Russia, has imposed a series of restrictions on women that the UN has characterised as “gender apartheid”. Girls cannot study beyond primary school, a policy the Taliban authorities justify based on their interpretation of Islamic law. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/article/3363701/24-million-afghan-girls-banned-schools-5-years-after-taliban-takeover-un-says https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/article/3363701/24-million-afghan-girls-banned-schools-5-years-after-taliban-takeover-un-says Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:33:36 +0000 Alexa Vernice Pacis Alexa Vernice Pacis US figure skating star Alysa Liu made an inspiring comeback to the sport after her retirement in 2022, when she finished seventh at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Four years later, she took home the gold medal at Milano Cortina 2026, becoming the first American woman to do so since 2002. Liu’s unique background has not gone unnoticed, with much attention drawn to the story of her being the surrogate child of a single immigrant father. She is the eldest of five children, and one of her siblings –... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3363274/meet-olympic-figure-skating-champion-alysa-lius-transgender-sibling-jaylin https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/celebrities/article/3363274/meet-olympic-figure-skating-champion-alysa-lius-transgender-sibling-jaylin Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:00:09 +0000 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363970/alexandra-eala-makes-history-wta-victory https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363970/alexandra-eala-makes-history-wta-victory Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Lijia Zhang Lijia Zhang China’s national childcare subsidy is an encouraging acknowledgement of a simple truth: raising children is expensive. This year, the central government allocated 99.9 billion yuan (US$14.8 billion) to the programme, which provides families with 3,600 yuan annually for each child under three. According to state media, the families of more than 25 million babies have received the subsidy as of last month. For families struggling with the cost of nappies, milk, clothes and healthcare, any... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3362901/chinas-baby-boom-depends-gender-equality-not-cash-handouts https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3362901/chinas-baby-boom-depends-gender-equality-not-cash-handouts Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:30:06 +0000 CNA CNA In getting into a sexual relationship with his 13-year-old niece, a man sexually exploited her, raped her during staycations and “punished” her with sex acts when he grew jealous about a schoolmate she was dating. The 38-year-old Singaporean man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, was sentenced to 21 years’ jail and 16 strokes of the cane on Monday. He pleaded guilty to six charges that included statutory rape and sexual assault. Another 17 charges were considered in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3362829/singapore-jails-man-who-had-secret-sexual-relationship-niece-13 https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3362829/singapore-jails-man-who-had-secret-sexual-relationship-niece-13 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:12:55 +0000 Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363203/influencer-dropped-malaysian-blockchain-conference-after-backlash https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3363203/influencer-dropped-malaysian-blockchain-conference-after-backlash Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Kamakshi Gupta Kamakshi Gupta https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3362436/women-problem-christopher-nolans-odyssey https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/article/3362436/women-problem-christopher-nolans-odyssey Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarising internet personalities, were arrested on Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody by the US Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesman Brady McCarron said, placing the United States at the centre of an international legal... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3361072/influencers-andrew-and-tristan-tate-arrested-miami https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3361072/influencers-andrew-and-tristan-tate-arrested-miami Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:42:28 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Britain’s charities regulator is looking into concerns about an Amnesty International report that branded a women’s centre for sexual violence victims founded by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling as “anti-rights”. The bestselling writer, who has been at the forefront of the debate about gender identity and has previously denounced trans activism, leading to accusations of transphobia, on Friday said she was angry at the label. “I’m often tickled by press articles asserting that I’m furious about... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361007/jk-rowling-condemns-amnesty-branding-her-womens-crisis-centre-anti-rights https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3361007/jk-rowling-condemns-amnesty-branding-her-womens-crisis-centre-anti-rights Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:31:54 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3361657/indonesias-anti-lgbt-education-push-raises-concern https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3361657/indonesias-anti-lgbt-education-push-raises-concern Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu Even a significant recovery in China’s fertility rate would still fail to slow down the country’s ageing process before 2050, a new report has found, though achieving higher birth rates remains critical to preventing a more severe crisis later. “A rapid increase in China’s ageing population rate before 2050 is inevitable,” wrote analysts led by Li Xunlei, chief economist at Zhongtai Securities, in the report. Under an optimistic scenario in which China’s total fertility rate rose to above 1.3... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3360816/chinas-population-ageing-seen-inevitable-2050-why-push-more-births https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3360816/chinas-population-ageing-seen-inevitable-2050-why-push-more-births Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:30:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters German far-right activist Marla-Svenja Liebich, who legally changed gender to a woman in 2024, was taken to a men’s prison after being extradited to Germany from the Czech Republic, officials said on Thursday. Liebich arrived in Germany on Wednesday and was initially taken to a ‌women’s prison in Chemnitz in the eastern German state of Saxony before being transferred to a men’s prison on the same day, the Saxony Ministry of Justice said. The decision was taken by experts in consultation with the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3360815/german-far-right-activist-sent-mens-prison-despite-gender-change https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/europe/article/3360815/german-far-right-activist-sent-mens-prison-despite-gender-change Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:35:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he is rolling out a new screening programme for “testosterone deficiency” among troops, calling it necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best”. The screenings will be conducted annually as part of service members’ required medical screenings for those 30 and older, he said. Troops under 30 can volunteer to be tested. In a video on social media, Hegseth said receiving testosterone replacement therapy would be... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3360727/trump-defence-chief-hegseth-unveils-plan-test-us-troops-low-testosterone https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3360727/trump-defence-chief-hegseth-unveils-plan-test-us-troops-low-testosterone Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:42:44 +0000 Jess Ma Jess Ma https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3360851/closing-loophole-hong-kongs-sex-crime-laws https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3360851/closing-loophole-hong-kongs-sex-crime-laws Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3360048/abortion-ban-drives-filipino-women-underground-services https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3360048/abortion-ban-drives-filipino-women-underground-services Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial Moves to reform Hong Kong’s outdated laws on sexual offences began 20 years ago and have not yet reached completion. Change is much-needed and long overdue. Proposals outlined this week, in a 59-page consultation paper, envisage a wide-ranging overhaul of the relevant legislation, much of which originated in the distant colonial past. The aim is to align the laws with changes in society, also reflecting advances in technology. It is about ensuring justice for survivors of sexual assault,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/comment/article/3359125/hong-kongs-move-reform-sexual-offence-laws-long-overdue https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/comment/article/3359125/hong-kongs-move-reform-sexual-offence-laws-long-overdue Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:15:13 +0000 Sam Beltran Sam Beltran The arrest of a 65-year-old woman accused of selling abortion pills in Manila has offered a glimpse into the shadow economy growing around ending unwanted pregnancies in the Philippines, one of the few countries in the world where the procedure remains criminalised in almost all circumstances. For women and girls trying to end unwanted pregnancies, access often depends on online sellers, market vendors, whispered referrals and the uncertain quality of pills bought far from formal medical care,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3359074/philippines-abortion-ban-drives-women-risky-underground-services https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3359074/philippines-abortion-ban-drives-women-risky-underground-services Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:00:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday for ⁠states to impose restrictions on transgender student athletes, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning them from female sports teams. It delivered a major victory to conservatives in one of the country’s most fiercely contested culture-war battles. The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the US Constitution and a federal... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358940/us-supreme-court-upholds-state-bans-transgender-student-athletes https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3358940/us-supreme-court-upholds-state-bans-transgender-student-athletes Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:28 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words. I refer to the article, “How men can best protect themselves against the many health crises they face in midlife” (June 20). Throughout June we celebrate Men’s Health Month, but for many men it passes quietly. The silence might be the issue, with too many men still putting off... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3358281/men-dont-have-suffer-their-health-woes-silence https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/letters/article/3358281/men-dont-have-suffer-their-health-woes-silence Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:30:07 +0000 Kolette Lim Kolette Lim https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3359230/creating-safe-spaces-singapores-men https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3359230/creating-safe-spaces-singapores-men Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Pakistan police said on Wednesday that they had rescued a French woman and her five children after she told authorities she had been held captive by her husband for more than a decade and subjected to years of domestic abuse in the country’s northwest. The woman, identified as 54-year-old Sylvie Yasmina, was rescued earlier this week from a mud-brick home in Bara, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, district police chief Waqar Ahmad said. He said Yasmina’s husband,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3358254/french-woman-rescued-pakistan-after-husband-allegedly-held-her-captive-12-years https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3358254/french-woman-rescued-pakistan-after-husband-allegedly-held-her-captive-12-years Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:44:01 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Japanese football fans have gone viral once again for tidying up the stadium after their team’s World Cup match against the Netherlands this week, only to prompt a meme criticising the country’s men for not applying the same standards of behaviour while at home. A spoof of a train etiquette poster contrasts an image of a football fan cleaning a stadium with a domestic scene where a woman washes dishes while a man clad in the national team’s Samurai Blue kit lounges on a sofa behind her. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3357535/japanese-men-picking-world-cup-trash-get-mocked-over-double-standards https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/east-asia/article/3357535/japanese-men-picking-world-cup-trash-get-mocked-over-double-standards Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:29:57 +0000 Julian Ryall Julian Ryall When Yuriko Koike was Japan’s environment minister in 2005, she was hailed by legions of salarymen as they shed ties and jackets in summer during the “Cool Biz” national energy-saving campaign that she helped to launch. Now, as Tokyo governor, Koike has taken the idea a step further: shorts in the office. In April, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it would allow male employees to arrive for work in shorts, urging businesses across the capital to adopt similarly relaxed dress codes. Tokyo... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3357455/japans-tokyo-city-male-workers-can-wear-shorts-summer-some-call-it-harassment https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3357455/japans-tokyo-city-male-workers-can-wear-shorts-summer-some-call-it-harassment Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Over 1,100 foreign citizens received Russian visas last year for their declared commitment to “traditional values”, state media reported on Wednesday, a track opened as Moscow hardens its anti-liberal narrative amid the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has for years denounced anything that goes against what he calls “traditional family values” as unRussian – including everything from LGBTQ rights to mixed-gender bathrooms – portraying them as a sign of the moral decadence of the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3357436/over-1100-foreigners-granted-anti-woke-russian-visas-last-year https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3357436/over-1100-foreigners-granted-anti-woke-russian-visas-last-year Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:46:17 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nasa’s administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the make-up of the space agency’s latest Artemis crew, an all-male group. The nominations have earned criticism that Nasa may have acted in accordance with US President Donald Trump’s direction to eliminate diversity and inclusion efforts. Isaacman insisted in a lengthy social media post that the “crew selection does not involve any political appointees”. “The Astronaut Office assigns the crew that gives the mission the best chance of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356676/nasa-chief-defends-choice-all-male-artemis-iii-crew https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356676/nasa-chief-defends-choice-all-male-artemis-iii-crew Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:01:54 +0000 Phoebe Zhang Phoebe Zhang https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/article/3356823/pride-month-2026-marked-backslide-lgbtq-rights https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/article/3356823/pride-month-2026-marked-backslide-lgbtq-rights Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000