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The latest gender news and features, with a millennial focus, including gender identity, gender issues, discrimination, equality and inequality, and equal rights.
Hana* (left) embraces her mother outside their home in a village near Kota Bharu, Malaysia’s Kelantan state. Photo: Iman Muttaqin Yusof
Malaysia

In Malaysia, a mother’s love offers her trans daughter refuge

For transgender Muslims in Kelantan, quiet family acceptance at home contrasts with growing fear of sharia crackdowns.

Women and gender

The women fighting Indonesia’s wildfires

India

Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments

China society

Opinion | Why women in China are still at risk of abduction and forced marriage

The latest incident has exposed many failings in local authorities’ work in a country where a mindset of favouring sons over daughters still exists.

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A wedding takes place in Kaizhou city, Chongqing, in 2014. As long as a preference for sons exists, daughters will continue to be seen as good for little more than marrying a man and bearing his children. Photo: Shutterstock
South Korea

Lee’s cabinet overhaul unravels as South Korea gender minister nominee quits

Yong Hye-in steps down following public backlash over her parliamentary seat refusal as President Lee’s approval rating hits 38 per cent.

The Philippines

Why men account for 80% of suicide deaths in the Philippines

Filipino men rarely seek help for mental illness, despite making up 80 per cent of suicide deaths. Advocates say it’s time for change.

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Women and gender

Viral clip tests South Korea’s deepfake laws

Viral clip tests South Korea’s deepfake laws
Women and gender

Activists call out gaps in Hong Kong’s voyeurism laws

Women and gender

The controversial history of the Mr Hong Kong pageant

NBA

The Enes Kanter Freedom-WNBA controversy over trans athletes, explained

The former New York Knicks player joined a rally in support of the Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham, before clashing courtside with Natasha Cloud of the Chicago Sky.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom wore a black T-shirt reading “Woman: noun, adult human female” at a WNBA game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever on August 23. Photo: Imagn Images
Women and gender

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert
Donald Trump

‘Many of us flame out’: hidden toll of White House women’s ‘Maga perfect’ image

Demanding beauty regime and 24/7 availability have prompted some senior female employees to quit the Trump administration.

Art

From breast milk to menstrual blood, how artist Jiabao Li challenges norms

Li makes art that reflects her experience as a mother and daughter, as well as her rage about women’s lack of bodily autonomy.

Women and gender

‘Age is not a limit’ for swimmer Siobhan Haughey

‘Age is not a limit’ for swimmer Siobhan Haughey
Australia

Australian jury convicts ex-Catholic bishop of sexually abusing 2 men

Christopher Saunders, 76, is one of the most senior Australian Catholics to be convicted in a global clergy abuse scandal.

Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome tries to play a didgeridoo in Sydney, Australia in 2008. Prosecutors alleged Saunders lured young Indigenous men to his church-owned house with free alcohol and cigarettes paid for with church funds. Photo: AP
Afghanistan

2.4 million Afghan girls banned from schools 5 years after Taliban takeover: UN

The United Nations is urging an end to the ‘discriminatory’ Taliban policy that prevents girls from studying beyond primary school.

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Get to Know

Who is Olympic skating champion Alysa Liu’s transgender sibling Jaylin Liu

The younger sibling of the US figure skating prodigy is also good at sports, loves going to concerts and has met Laufey backstage.

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WTA (Women's Tennis Association)

Alexandra Eala makes history with WTA victory

Alexandra Eala makes history with WTA victory
China society

Opinion | China’s baby boom depends on gender equality, not cash handouts

To arrest its falling birth rate, China must ensure women do not have to choose between motherhood and the lives they have built.

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Singapore

Singapore jails man who had secret sexual ‘relationship’ with niece, 13

The man, 38, was sentenced to 21 years’ jail and 16 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to charges including rape and sexual assault.

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Women and gender

Influencer dropped from Malaysian blockchain conference after backlash

Influencer dropped from Malaysian blockchain conference after backlash
Women and gender

The women problem in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

The women problem in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey
Crime

Influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami as UK seeks extradition

The brothers, who were arrested in Romania in 2022, face rape and human trafficking charges.

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Britain

J.K. Rowling condemns Amnesty for branding her women’s crisis centre anti-rights

The ‘Harry Potter’ author, who has spoken in the past of being a survivor of domestic violence, set up Beira’s Place in 2022.

Women and gender

Indonesia’s anti-LGBT education push raises concern

Indonesia’s anti-LGBT education push raises concern
China's population

China’s population ageing seen as ‘inevitable’ by 2050. Why push more births?

Raising the fertility rate above 1.3 still remains crucial to preventing a far worse scenario later in the century, analysts say.

An elderly couple practice tai chi at a park in Beijing. Photo: AP
Germany

German far-right activist sent to men’s prison despite gender change

Liebich, who was sentenced as a man, legally changed gender after Germany’s Self-Determination Act came into effect in 2024.

United States

Trump defence chief Hegseth unveils plan to test US troops for low testosterone

The Pentagon head says the screenings for those 30 and older will allow service members to operate at their ‘absolute best’.

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