Category: Women’s Rights

South Korea: Another Battleground for the Feminist Movement

by Abdulmohsen Aljuma | May 7, 2019 | article, East Asia, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ABDULMOHSEN Al JUMA WRITES– South Korea is undergoing a measure of major social upheaval...

Saudi Arabia: What Can A Princess Fix?

by Sarah AlMuawad | Mar 13, 2019 | Saudi Arabia, West Asia, Women's Rights | 0 |

SARAH Al-MUWAD WRITES– Is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the fifth largest country in Asia,...

JAPAN: On the Need for MANY More Women in Politics

by Robert Born | Mar 2, 2019 | East Asia, human rights, Japan, Women's Rights | 0 |

ROBERT BORN WRITES– Sunday, March 3, marked a national holiday in Japan called Hinamatsuri,...

INDIA: Postpartum Depression, Women, and the Indian Society in Between

by Aashna Malpani | Dec 2, 2018 | feminism, India, INDIA, SEXISM, South Asia, Women's Rights | 0 |

(Certain names in the story have been shortened to protect the person’s identity.) AASHNA MALPANI...

CHINA: Who Are the ‘Feminist Five?’

by Anas Alzahrani | Nov 6, 2018 | China, East Asia, feminism, human rights, SEXISM, Women's Rights, Xi Jinping | 0 |

ANAS ALZAHRANI WRITES — While countries around the world are buying into the “this is what a...

North Korea: The Deadly Silence Behind #Metoo

by Aashna Malpani | Nov 2, 2018 | feminism, human rights, North Korea, SEXISM, Women's Rights | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES – In the streets of Hyesan city, North Korea, a woman in her forties...

SOUTH KOREA & THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE: AHN HEE JUNG NOT GUILTY OF RAPE

by Elizabeth Soelistio | Sep 1, 2018 | human rights, SEXISM, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ELIZABETH SOELISTIO WRITES — Ahn Hee Jung, a 53-year-old politician and former rising star of...

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