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Diversity and inclusion: all stories

Diversity and inclusion: all stories
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
The women changing the face of Hong Kong’s construction industry. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong

Meet the women changing the face of Hong Kong’s construction industry

Once the sole preserve of men, the construction industry is welcoming ever more women bosses – PostMag meets the Hongkongers changing the game

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Paris Games and philanthropy show power of the human spirit

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Architecture and design

How can we make public spaces more welcoming for neurodivergent visitors?

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Record number of LGBTQ athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics

Organisers of the Paris Olympics have underscored diversity and inclusion as major themes, showcasing drag queens and refugee athletes in Friday’s opening ceremony.

A record number of athletes who identify as LGBTQ are participating at this year’s Paris Olympics. Photo: Shutterstock
Australia

Will multiculturalism road map help boost ‘sense of belonging’ in Australia?

A new report has suggested nearly 30 steps to boost Australia’s cultural diversity, including offering citizenship tests in non-English languages.

Trending in China

China groom nets US$23,000 in cash garlands at wedding highlighting son bias

The wedding day of a couple in China has attracted attention for the large amount of cash given to the groom by his elder siblings because he was the only boy in the family, upholding a dwindling custom.

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Trending in China

China KOL criticised for costume-makeup video that ‘reinforces Asian stereotypes’

A US-based Chinese TikToker is facing serious backlash in China for a video that critics say “reinforces Asian stereotypes”.

A Chinese social media influencer, who has 5.8 million followers, faced criticism for a costume and makeup transformation video that was deemed to perpetuate Asian stereotypes. Photo: SCMP composite/Xiaohongshu
Trending in China

Backlash for Chinese actors who went blackface in film about African peacekeepers

Two top actors from China are facing a backlash over racism after they appeared in a movie in blackface makeup.

Trending in China

Outrage after armless man in China is asked to prove disability by train staff

A man in China with an obvious disability forgot his government-issued pass at a railway station and was asked by staff to show evidence he was eligible to travel without paying.

Trending in China

Racist British Airways cabin crew pair sacked for mocking Chinese passengers

Two women flight attendants have been sacked by British Airways for mocking Chinese passengers by sneering at their inability to speak English and making slant-eye gestures.

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Two British Airways flight attendants have been fired after they aimed racist jibes at Chinese passengers. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
Women and gender

Letters | How companies can ensure gender bias doesn’t hold women back

On International Women’s Day, readers discuss the need to better support women as they move up the career ladder, migrant domestic workers’ efforts to create a more inclusive city, and the Hong Kong government’s baby bonus.

Office workers in Central, Hong Kong, during lunch hour on November 20, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Gender inequality hurts men and boys too. Inclusion is everyone’s fight

From men’s reluctance to seek mental help to women’s low workforce participation, harmful gender-based social norms and unequal power dynamics hurt everyone. Men and boys must go beyond being supportive allies to taking shared ownership of the cause.

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Video gaming

With ‘Lucia’, Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer caps video gaming’s diversity trend

The Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer shows the series introducing a playable woman character for the first time, capping a wider trend towards more diversity and inclusivity in the video gaming industry.

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Hong Kong society

Why the South China Morning Post is one great melting pot

With well over 700 people of nearly 30 different nationalities at the Post, a more diverse and inclusive workplace is hard to find.

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The South China Morning Post is a veritable United Nations of journalists and related professionals. Photo: May Tse
ESG investing

Boards of China’s 100 most valuable firms have only 14% female directors

The top performers in diversity terms were privately-owned enterprises, many of which operated in high-growth industries.

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Jamie Allen, Secretary General, Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). Photo: David Wong
China economy

The View | How businesses still upbeat on Asia can adapt to new norm of uncertainty

China’s growth, global economic conditions, geopolitical tensions and energy transition ambiguity are all risks. Businesses can prepare by boosting in-house intelligence and diversity in recruitment and operations.

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Britain

UK pays Chinese, Indian workers more than other ethnic minorities, fails to address racial diversity

Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani workers earn up to 16 per cent less than White British workers; Indian and Chinese earn 16 per cent and 23 per cent more – a gap easily overlooked if if ethnic minority individuals are lumped together under umbrella references such as ‘Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic’.

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Fashion

‘So comfortable in my skin’: Indian size-inclusive fashion satisfies a need

Plus-size fashion used to be hard to find in India, or unaffordable thanks to a ‘fat tax’. Today independent brands have sprung up offering flattering clothes at fair prices in a size-inclusive range.

Brishti Ghosh, the founder of Blush Tree, in one of the brand’s size-inclusive designs. She is one of several entrepreneurs to have launched size-inclusive fashion lines in India, where plus-size consumers account for half the clothing market. Photo: Blush Tree.
Gender

Lunar: Malaysia’s May Tan looks back on trailblazing banking career in Hong Kong

Veteran Hong Kong-based banker May Tan tells Lunar about breaking the glass ceiling, male allies and helping to bridge the gender gap in boardrooms

ESG investing

Hong Kong firms ‘must do more’ to get women onto their boards of directors

Hong Kong-listed companies must improve the diversity of their boards by implementing policies to encourage gender neutral hiring, offering training to nurture female talent and facilitating networking and mentoring, a panel discussion has heard.

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Japan

Japan admits it must do more to ease women’s struggle to balance work and home

Women find it particularly hard to balance work and household duties, still broadly seen as the woman’s responsibility, forcing many into unstable, lower-paying work.

Women in Japan often find it particularly difficult to balance work and household duties. Photo: Bloomberg
Singapore

Singapore teen mocked on TikTok bags role as Charles & Keith model

After facing social media backlash for describing a Charles & Keith handbag as ‘luxury’, 17-year-old Zoe Gabriel has been chosen to model a bag for the brand’s International Women’s Day campaign.

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After facing social media backlash for describing a Charles & Keith handbag as ‘luxury’, 17-year-old Zoe Gabriel has been chosen to model a bag for the brand’s International Women’s Day campaign. Photo: Instagram/@zoeaaleah
ESG investing

Hong Kong, mainland firms’ boards show more gender diversity: MSCI

The representation of women on the boards of listed companies in mainland China and Hong Kong continues to rise but remains below that in regional and western peers, according to MSCI.

Singapore

Record number of Singapore’s new director roles filled by women

At the 100 largest companies on the stock exchange, 36 per cent of board appointments went to women in 2022 – up from 23 per cent in 2021.

Fashion

‘Me as I really am’: Italy’s first agency for ‘imperfect’ models seeks change

The L’Imperfetta (Imperfect) modelling agency has models of all sizes and ages, some with disabilities or medical conditions like alopecia, visible scarring, or who have lost limbs.

Models pose during a photo shoot for “L’Imperfetta (The Imperfect) model agency” in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. L’Imperfetta is a model agency that represents ‘extraordinarily imperfect’ women and men of all sizes, heights, ages, genders, backgrounds, and disabilities, people who are difficult to classify into the industry’s pre-established standards of beauty. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Hong Kong society

The future is female? A third of Hong Kong companies still have all-male boards

More than half of professionals polled pessimistic about board diversity mandate achieving its goals

Lily Cheng speaks at the Women of Influence Awards ceremony at the Grand Hyatt in Wan Chai on Tuesday. Photo: Jonathan Wong
China jobs

China’s youngest millennials deemed too old for jobs, and elder Gen Z are next

With many companies still struggling to survive in China’s post-pandemic climate, even 27-year-olds are being seen as risky hires, and 30 has essentially become the new cut-off for certain industries.

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Hong Kong society

Women lawyers in Hong Kong tired of men who patronise, tell them what to wear

Survey shows women lawyers face more gender discrimination than men, with microaggressions that hurt.

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