1. Women’s rights activists jailed and physically abused in Saudi Arabia Several women’s rights activists have been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia since May this year, and subjected to psychological and physical torture...
Helen Yeung
Helen Yeung
October News Roundup: Know Your Power
1. #MeToo makes the headlines in India Almost a year after Tarana Burke’s #MeToo hit Hollywood, the movement has made its way to India, with prominent Bollywood stars breaking the silence on experiences of sexual...
Beloved anime creator dies, blind woman turned Judo champion (29/08/18)
Creator of much-loved anime series ‘Chibi Maruko-chan’ dies from breast cancer. Momoko Sakura, creator of the popular manga and anime series “Chibi Maruko-chan” about a little Japanese girl called Maruko, died of breast...
Scotland’s progress for female students, first African-American woman mayor of San Francisco (28/08/18)
Scotland to be the world’s first country to offer free sanitary products to tertiary students nationwide. Scotland will be the world’s first country to offer free sanitary products to students at schools, colleges...
Sociologist talks inequality in Singapore, Asian MRAs attack female writer (27/08/18)
Book on poverty and inequality by Singaporean-Chinese woman Teo You Yenn flies off the shelf. In February, Singaporean-Chinese sociologist Teo You Yenn released her book “This is What Inequality Looks Like,” and it has...
Muslim woman forced to reveal menstrual pad, first female fighter pilot (24/08/18)
Muslim woman forced to reveal her menstrual pad by TSA during airport screening. A Muslim woman named Zainab Merchant was traveling from Boston to Washington D.C. for a speaking engagement last Thursday, when...