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 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...
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 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...
Communication app Telegram used to share un-consented under-skirt photos of women in Hong Kong. A recent outcry on social media by Hong Kong woman Emilia Wong, has shown that a group with more than 10,000 members on the...
Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran fights back sexist and racist abuse on social media. Actress Kelly Marie Tran who played rebel mechanic Rose Tico in last year’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” has spoken out against the...
A pharmaceutical company’s campaign sparks controversy as they push for women to have babies in China. A Chinese pharmaceutical company’s subway advertising campaign has sparked outrage amongst passengers as it urged...
Chinese photographer Luo Yang challenges gender norms through power portraits of young women. The Shenyang-born photographer Luo Yang began her project “Girls” during her early 20s while studying graphic...
Shocking sexual harassment allegations arise against former Tinder CEO Greg Blatt. Amidst growing #MeToo revelations in the corporate world, former CEO Greg Blatt of popular dating app Tinder has recently been accused...
Somali-American lawmaker in US to be second Muslim woman elected into Congress. Somali-American Ilhan Omar won a heated primary for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District seat on Tuesday night, eliminating six...