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Women and gender

Women and gender
News and analysis on women's rights, the gender gap, LGBTQ issues, sexual harassment, sexual minorities and masculinity in Asia and beyond.
Qing dynasty astronomer and mathematician Wang Zhenyi defied societal norms and the expectations set upon her gender to study and demystify complex scientific and mathematical concepts. Illustration: Huy Truong
Chinese culture

Who was Wang Zhenyi? Chinese female scientist who defied gender expectations

Wang shot for the stars with her work in astronomy and mathematics at a time when learned women did little more than write poetry.

United States

Harvey Weinstein gets 15 years for sex assault after pleading for mercy

Sexual harassment and assault

US ‘looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with raping 17-year-old

Education in Hong Kong

CUHK gives top economist warning over talk on women ‘marrying for money’

University’s New Asia College tells Terence Chong to be mindful of speech and others’ feelings after talk on women marrying for money.

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“If anyone might feel uncomfortable, I am really sorry,” Professor Terence Chong said. Photo: Jelly Tse
Gender

The women fighting Indonesia’s wildfires

Style Edit

Style Edit: YDC 2026 spotlights Hong Kong’s fashion trailblazers

Up-and-coming designers brought personal stories, experimental craft and fresh perspectives to the runway at the Centrestage annual showcase.

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India

Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments

The amendment introduced penalties for forcing someone to assume a transgender identity through surgical, chemical or hormonal procedures.

Transgender woman Kali Sidharth Medepalli checks herself in the mirror in Hyderabad on August 26. Photo: AFP
Transgender woman Bhukya Ahalya is interviewed in Hyderabad on August 27. Photo: AFP
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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South Africa

South Africa on alert after seventh woman’s body found near capital

The seventh body found in two months has sparked fears of a potential serial killer.

Sexual harassment and assault

British man admits drugging, raping wife over more than 2 decades

Man pleads guilty to dozens of charges in Manchester court as 12 co-defendants face trial.

One of the 12 co-defendants outside the court. Photo: Reuters
K-pop

Viral clip tests South Korea’s deepfake laws

Viral clip tests South Korea’s deepfake laws
Italy

Emma Bonino, Italy’s activist politician, dies aged 78

Bonino was a passionate advocate for social justice and gender equality who deliberately courted controversy to advance her many causes.

Indian powerlifter won silver at world meet but says focus was on her looks

Keyaa Kunal Banerji calls out ‘sexism at its finest’, saying her feat of lifting more than three times her body weight was downplayed.

Sexual harassment and assault

Tate brothers lose bid for release from US jail pending extradition fight

In denying bail, the judge cited the influencers’ wealth and frequent international travel as making them ‘quintessential flight risks’.

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Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in February 2025. Photo: AP
Crime

Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case

Jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether the former nurse was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three kids.

Lindsay Clancy and lawyer Kevin Reddington watch jurors in her murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

South Korean football referee faces hearing over using ‘period’ insult on player

Official will face disciplinary inquiry over incident that saw the international booked after demanding a penalty during a local league game.

Gender

Activists call out gaps in Hong Kong’s voyeurism laws

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Crime

Holdout juror stopping verdict in Lindsay Clancy US child murder trial: lawyer

A note from the foreman suggests that one juror ‘refuses to listen’ to the judge about what constitutes reasonable doubt.

Lindsay Clancy looks at jurors as Judge Sullivan asks them to start deliberations in her triple murder trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Wellness

‘Who cares if you’re bulky?’ Hong Kong-born weightlifter on power and femininity

Three-time British champion Tammy Wong talks about impostor syndrome and her vision of changing the skinny culture among Hong Kong women.

Lunar

The controversial history of the Mr Hong Kong pageant

Sexual harassment and assault

Shackled Tate brothers ask to be released from jail during extradition fight

The influencer duo were arrested in Miami to face rape and sex-trafficking charges from the UK.

Supporters of social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate gather outside the courthouse in Miami, Florida, on Thursday. Photo: EPA
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
China society

Opinion | Forcing women to drink at business dinners has no place in modern China

The alleged assault of a female employee in Hangzhou exposes how such unsavoury practices persist amid Beijing’s anti-extravagance campaign.

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European Union

Sword attack that killed 1 at Sweden high school prompts social media probe

Police are investigating whether the teenager who carried out the attack was involved in online communities promoting school violence.

Trending in China

Young Chinese women dye armpit hair for fashion and bodily autonomy

Cultural scholars note the irony, suggesting that China’s modern ‘armpit-hair shame’ is actually an imported Western phenomenon.

A growing number of young women in China are transforming underarm hair into a vibrant fashion statement, using dye to assert bodily autonomy. Photo: SCMP composite/RedNote
Gender

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert

BTS members face backlash for attending Chris Brown concert
Spain

‘It’s really bad’: migrant women’s fears of sexual violence in Spain’s Ceuta

Some women at a makeshift camp say they are afraid to sleep at night: ‘a lot of guys are trying to attack the girls every night’.

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.

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