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Key issues facing Chinese and Asian women
The South China Morning Post will be looking at key issues facing women in China and Asia during March in conjunction with International Women’s Day on March 8.
Updated: 10 Mar, 2021
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China mulls closing decades-old gender gap in retirement age
China is considering narrowing the gender gap in retirement age, a move that will also mean a realignment of state pensions and childcare provisions.
04 Mar, 2021
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[2]
‘How many boyfriends have you had?’ The reality for women jobseekers in China
Jobs for ‘Men only’, pregnancy tests, and being asked about dating history are common for women looking for work.
06 Mar, 2021
[3]
The Thai women breaking menstrual taboos to end period poverty
A new wave of Thai female entrepreneurs are taking on the big-name feminine hygiene brands with products that are more culturally sensitive and environmentally friendly.
06 Mar, 2021
[4]
Pandemic fuels forced marriage risk for girls in Hong Kong, Britain
‘It is very precious to marry a Hong Kong-Pakistani girl.’
06 Mar, 2021
[5]
In South Asia, Covid-19 and poverty force girls as young as 8 into marriage
For desperate families, girls are sometimes seen as a financial burden from the moment they menstruate.
06 Mar, 2021
[6]
Bringing saris back: the Indian influencers wearing ‘six yards of freedom’
Who said saris were staid and restrictive? These women are wearing it for everything from hula-hooping to skydiving.
07 Mar, 2021
[7]
How Asia’s women have triumphed even in face of adversity
Throughout the past 12 months of trials and tribulations, Asia’s women have proved time and again that they can rise to the challenge.
07 Mar, 2021
[8]
Top 10 alpha females of Hong Kong’s financial services industry
On this International Women’s Day, regulatory changes, company and family support and flexible working arrangements were among key issues that needed to be addressed for more women to break the glass ceiling, according to the Hong Kong financial industry’s 10 leading women executives.
08 Mar, 2021
[9]
China wants babies to expand workforce but China’s women have other plans
Beijing has tinkered with policies to encourage population growth but looking at the gender balance of its core leadership might be a starting point, say observers.
08 Mar, 2021
[10]
International Women’s Day: calls to tackle domestic violence, illegal surrogacy
An illegal surrogacy boom, domestic violence cases being ignored, and the plight of children born out of wedlock are among the issues being discussed in China.
08 Mar, 2021
[11]
‘Why are men so ordinary?’ The women fighting sexism in China
Despite sweeping changes, both legal and social in recent years, equality for women remains elusive in modern China.
08 Mar, 2021
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