The fight over the Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona is the latest flashpoint on women’s reproductive rights in the US.

Readers discuss how Asian societies can better support mothers facing mental health challenges, and foreign domestic helpers being sent across the border to work.

At least 26 women have been killed this year – one every four days – according to rights lobby group Destroy The Joint.

Gaming cafes in China have been told by the authorities to change the way they do business after offering services that are disrespectful to women.

Memories of three generations of women from Communist China, Hong Kong and California and the traumas they carried with them are at the heart of Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel.

The former film mogul’s lawyer says his client is a ‘train wreck health wise’ and is undergoing a battery of tests.

In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.

Many female athletes are not paid equally as their male counterparts – except in tennis, which is why this list is topped by players like Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams … but who else made it?

More than two dozen women in Australia have died from gender-based violence in 2024, prompting protests across the nation.

A landmark new exhibition in South Korea revisits ancient East Asian Buddhist art from Korea, China and Japan through the lens of gender, highlighting the influence women have had throughout history.

A 30-something woman in China decided she needed time out from the stresses of everyday family life, so she bought herself a little place to do her own thing undisturbed.

A newspaper group’s publication of a translated version of ‘Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters’ has raised freedom of expression concerns on both sides of Japan’s political divide.

YouTube channels not only provide income, but also serve as a means for women to communicate their messages, experiences and aspirations, one analyst said.

Outrage over the attack has led to renewed calls for the passage of a long stalled anti-discrimination bill and other legal protections.

Friba Rezayee, the first woman to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics, said Afghan women should still be allowed to participate as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.

The law, a social reform that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning government pledged when it took office in 2021, will take effect on November 1.

Abortion is a highly divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe.

The Congress party and the Communist Party of India will include in their legislative agenda a law to recognise same-sex civil unions, if they win enough votes.

Projected trends suggest that the central and local governments need to enhance support for elderly people in areas such as nursing care.

Ní Leannáin said she felt like a ‘rabbit in the headlights’ when the demand was made by Dublin Airport security.

Finding Her Beat is a documentary feature film about a historic women’s taiko drumming performance in the US, with many involved in the project from the Asian-American and LGBTQ communities.

Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the female labour force.

Iranian-French actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who won best actress at Cannes 2022 for Holy Spider, talks about her films that portray people defying Iran’s strict laws, and advocating for women’s rights.

The man punched and kicked the store worker, resulting in multiple injuries, and also injured a shopper who attempted to intervene.

Readers discuss the recent changes to the policy allowing transgender individuals to change their gender on their ID cards, and the waste-charging scheme.

Journalist Shiori Ito’s documentary Black Box Diaries is a soul-baring examination of her sexual assault by a high-profile journalist and her fight for justice that pushed the #MeToo movement in Japan.

The ruling – coming in a key swing state just months ahead of the US presidential election – allows for doctors to be jailed for up to five years.

Sport’s governing body says it has taken the decision, which comes into immediate effect, ‘following detailed review of the science’.