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The life of a woman priced out of Beijing

Trapped in a packed bus for hours a day... This is the life of a woman priced out of Beijing.

December 13, 2018
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Under Chinese law, unmarried women are not allowed to freeze their eggs for in vitro fertilisation. Xu Zaozao, a 31-year-old single woman, says it is time to change the rules.03:18
Lunar: Videos
Single Chinese woman sues hospital for refusing to freeze her eggs
December 25, 2019
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The US Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade ruling that recognised a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion on June 24, 2022. Following the ruling, protests erupted against...04:38
Human rights
Protests after US top court overturns abortion rights
June 25, 2022
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Chinese top tennis player Peng Shuai has disappeared from the public eye after a social media post on her official Weibo account alleged that a senior Chinese official pressured her into having sex...02:22
#MeToo in China
Where is Peng Shuai?
November 18, 2021
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A South Korean court has ordered the country’s army to recognise a deceased transgender soldier as a woman and annul her dismissal. The Daejeon District Court ruled on October 7, 2021, that the...03:26
South Korea
Posthumous win for S. Korean transgender soldier
October 7, 2021
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Meenakshi Amma, a 78-year-old granny, has been practising kalari, a 3,000-year-old traditional martial art, since she was seven years old. Once banned in 1804 under British colonial rule in India,...03:10
India
Indian granny revives ancient martial art
October 2, 2021
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A driving centre in Afghanistan is on the verge of closing following the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021. The driving school, which opened around a year ago, is the first in the...03:07
Afghanistan
Afghan women’s driving centre in danger of closing
September 29, 2021
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed concern for her “Afghan sisters” after Taliban militants took control of Afghanistan. She survived being shot in the head by a Taliban...04:33
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
August 23, 2021
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Hong Kong’s best-ever Olympics got even better with the team picking up two bronze medals on day 13 of the Tokyo Olympics. The Hong Kong women's table tennis team got things off to a perfect start,...04:10
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
HK celebrates historic bronze medal haul
August 5, 2021
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India’s economic slowdown, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to major unemployment in the nation. Women are particularly vulnerable as they’re often the first to be laid off by factory...02:40
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Indian women lose jobs during Covid-19
August 3, 2021
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Kodi Wan has taken Hong Kong’s waste problem into her own hands by practising what she calls a “minimalist” lifestyle. Wan started as a co-founder of an online second-hand item swapping platform,...03:53
Green living
Living a minimalist lifestyle in HK
July 17, 2021
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Malaysian teenager Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam has unwittingly sparked a #MeToo movement in school and beyond, after exposing a teacher’s rape joke in the classroom. The teacher allegedly joked about...02:23
Malaysia
Malaysian teen exposes teacher’s rape joke
June 3, 2021
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Activist Neola Pereira has been inspiring other young people to join her fight to save Mollem National Park in India’s Goa state. The group has been campaigning for months against a government plan...03:53
India
Indian woman leads fight to save forest
April 20, 2021
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The World Trade Organization has appointed Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its director general. She will be Africa’s first WTO chief and the first woman to lead the Geneva...02:03
World Trade Organization (WTO)
New WTO chief makes history twice
February 16, 2021
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Dozens of women in Japan danced in Tokyo on February 14, 2021, inspired by the global One Billion Rising campaign, a mass action to end violence against women. The performance came days after the...01:50
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Dancing for women’s rights in Japan
February 15, 2021
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Manizha Talash is the first female breakdancer to join a dance club in Kabul, Afghanistan. Many conservative Afghans frown on dancing of any type, not to mention a woman’s participation. However,...02:44
Afghanistan
Afghan female breakdancer sets sights on Olympics
January 27, 2021
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South Korea has seen a rise in the number of young women taking their own lives since the Covid-19 pandemic began to sweep across the country. National Police Agency data shows a more than 40 per...06:35
South Korea
Why are more young South Korean women committing suicide?
December 30, 2020
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Millions around the world have watched Hong Kong-based YouTuber J Lou’s videos featuring interactions with her boyfriend and her parents in Cantonese, French and English. With her outgoing...05:53
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Meet HK's YouTube Queen 'J Lou'
October 28, 2020
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YouTuber Jillian JJ can write, speak and sing traditional Chinese songs in Mandarin. Though she considers herself shy by nature, the American says her determination to learn the language opened...04:02
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How Mandarin became YouTuber’s ‘superpower’
October 16, 2020
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Researchers in Taiwan have designed a rapid Covid-19 testing method that they say can provide results within three minutes. The device could be used by people on their own, because very little...02:15
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Biochip machine tests for Covid-19 in minutes
October 15, 2020
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Taitai lives in Tai O, a fishing town in the west of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. The 82-year-old woman is among the few people who still remember the traditional songs of the Tanka fishing community...06:12
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Traditional fisherfolk songs of Tai O
October 12, 2020
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US astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth on February 6, 2020, after shattering the space flight record for female astronauts with a stay of almost 11 months aboard the International Space...02:06
Technology
Record-setting female astronaut returns to Earth
February 7, 2020
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Hong Konger and Filipino MMA fighter and TED Talk speaker Ramona Pascual had been forced out of the ring for two years by injuries until her recent comeback in China where she won her first fight...04:44
Lunar: Videos
Meet the female fighter with a 26-second knockout
January 10, 2020