International News
2019.04.23
Sri Lanka arrests novelist over gay plot line about Buddhists
Apr 2, 2019 | Sri Lanka
2019.04.02
Liberal upstart Caputova elected 1st Slovak female president
Mar 31, 2019 | Slovakia
2019.04.02
Mexican writers, journalists, actors denounce abuse against women
Mar 26, 2019 | Mexico | #MetooEscritoresMexicanos and #MeTooPeriodistasMexicanos trend in country where violence against women is prevalent.
2019.04.02
Korea spycam porn: 1,600 fall victim and four men arrested
Mar 20, 2019 | South Korea
2019.04.02
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in prison, her family says
Mar 12, 2019 | Iran | By Tamara Qiblawi, Nada Altaher and Sarah El Sirgany
2019.03.08
International Women's Day explained
Mar 8, 2019 | The world became a better place for women over the last century but full global gender equality is still a long way off.
2019.03.11
U.S. Cancels Journalist’s Award Over Her Criticism of Trump
Mar 7, 2019 | US | By Reid Standish, Robbie Gramer | Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize. Then officials read her Twitter feed.
2019.03.08
There are no gay people in Malaysia says tourism minister
Mar 7, 2019 | Malaysia | By Euan McKirdy
2019.03.11
Billy Porter speaks on Oscars gown and social media hate
Feb 27, 2019 | US | By Leanne Italie
2019.03.11
Boxing body approves religiously respectful women’s uniform
Feb 25, 2019 | Switzerland
2019.03.11
Kenya court set to rule on whether to scrap anti-gay laws
Feb 22, 2019 | Kenya | By Tom Odula
2019.03.11
China’s new policy against gender bias meets fans, sceptics
Feb 22, 2019 | China | By Yanan Wang & Shanshan Wang
2019.02.21
Thai party fields transgender candidate for prime minister
Feb 15, 2019 | Thailand | By Jerry Harmer and Tassanee Vejpongsa
2019.02.21
South Korean women begin to resist intense beauty pressure
Feb 6, 2019 | South Korea | By Jung Yoon Kim
2019.02.21
Female directors of color finding a spotlight at Sundance
Jan 31, 2019 | US | By Lindsey Bahr
2019.02.21
Japan court upholds sterilization to register gender change
Jan 26, 2019 | Japan | By Mari Yamaguchi
2019.01.22
South Korea: Sexual abuse claims rock speed skating
Jan 22, 2019 | South Korea | Skaters scene rocked by #MeToo moment as solidarity group alleges five more athletes were abused by their coaches.
2019.01.21
Why is China blurring men's ears?
Jan 18, 2019 | China | By Joshua Berlinger & Nanlin Fang
2019.01.18
Why a pop idol's stand against her assault sparked outrage in Japan
Jan 17, 2019 | Japan | By Emiko Jozuka and Yoko Wakatsuki
2019.01.22
S Korea tries to fix demographic crisis with gender equality
Jan 9, 2019 | South Korea | By Joori Roh | Seoul has finally realized that throwing more money at the country’s low birthrates would not solve the problem, and has started to listen to women.
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