Public prosecutor Seo Ji-hyeon, whose sexual harassment allegation galvanized the #MeToo movement in South Korea, first went to her superiors to report she was groped by a senior Justice Ministry official at a funeral...
Asian Issue
Asian women are rising to prominence, and so are the social, political, and economic issues that concern us in Asia. We highlight regional voices and local stories, because we are in this together.
Yenni Kwok
The Prosecutor Who Exploded #MeToo in Korea: The JTBC Interview with Seo Ji-hyun
It took a woman in one of the most powerful positions in the country to speak up about her eight years of suffering for South Korea to get the jolt, to explode the wrath of #MeToo. Seo Ji-hyun, a prosecutor with the...
Youjin Lee
Give Women More Space in Thailand’s Buddhism
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] I sat down and asked Dr. Ariya Svetamra of the Women’s Studies Centre, Chiang Mai University, whether...
Pim Kemasingki
Elections to Watch in Asia 2018 (+ one in America)
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] Like every year, 2018 is going to be full of elections and political theatre, but it’s easy to...
April Editors
Let’s Talk About Infertility, Because It’s Painful.
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] “How have you been?” I asked her. It had been a while since we met, but we kept in touch through social...
Ayuni Ayatillah
The Silence Breakers, the Women Warriors of Asia
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] As 2017 comes to a close, #MeToo has become the most defining movement of the year. Following the...
#MeToo is the start of change, not the end of the fight
The #MeToo campaign has spread from the US around the world. Women are coming forward on social media to say they too have been victims of sexual harassment, violence, and abuse, signing off with this simple but...
Farewell My King – How Thai women remember the late king
When I visited Bangkok five years ago I noticed the street vendors selling small Buddha pendants and Jasmine flower bracelets. Some were also selling old black and white photos of the then King Bhumibol Adulyadej...
Indonesia is built on diversity. So is Feminism.
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”] If you pass through Tulungagung District, East Java, in Indonesia, you may see the famous bus terminal called Gayatri Terminal. The terminal is strategically...
Dea Safira Basori
Farah Lee: fighting for your worth through marriage and public eyes
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] We know the fairy-tale: A handsome prince and a humble princess, one true love and a life happily-ever...
A letter from a Korean mother to all the mothers with LGBT children
Dear Mothers With Children Shining Like a Rainbow, Although we’ve never met, I greet you with all my heart. There’s something special about mothers who have LGBT children. We immediately feel a certain affection towards...
Guest Writer
Dear Asian women, you’re not bad if you don’t get married.
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”] South China Morning Post (“SCMP”) recently discussed the declining marriage rate in Hong Kong in an article called, “This is Hong Kong: no time for...