The Merriam-Webster Dictionary has chosen “justice” as the word of the year 2018, saying it was the website’s top lookup of the year. In light of this news we should reflect on how justice has materialized for women in...
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A Korean feminist theologian talks of women empowerment through anger
“Women’s anger is a powerful energy,” feminist theologian, Ms. Chung Hyun Kyung proclaims. The women-led protest is unquestionably a prevalent issue in South Korea today. It all began in this January when a South Korean...
Jihyun Kim
Thai Supermodel Cindy Bishop leads #DontTellMeHowToDress along with #MeToo
Thai supermodel and host of Asia’s Next Top Model Cindy Sirinya Bishop is taking her campaign #DontTellMeHowToDress to an exhibition next month to raise awareness of sexual harassment and victim blaming in Thailand. In...
Tara Abhasakun
They Were Never Asking For It
How Trauma Shaped My Body Image And The Way I See Other Women Some months have passed since #MeToo broke and the movement of women standing against sexual objectification continues to strengthen. As I watch, I find...
Tara Footner
Revisiting the Philippine Film on the ‘Rapeless Society’ in the Age of #MeToo
“So, rape is not a universal concept?” That was a question that Carla Ocampo asked herself in the documentary, ‘Bontok, Rapeless’, which she wrote and directed with her partner, Lester Valle. Inspired by renowned...
Marj Ostani
Korea’s #MeToo Campaigns Persist in Celebration
The 2018 International Women’s Day celebrations drew the highest participation yet in South Korea as the #MeToo movement swept across every sector of this male-dominated society. On March 8, Korean women’s organizations...
Yewon Kang
In This #MeToo Age, Do Not Give Survivors Any More Pain
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...
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
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...