The women marines Japan is training for war
Although they and their fellow marines are expected to lead the way on the front lines, their unit – and Japan’s military – lags far behind in gender diversity, a …
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India’s battle against female foeticide: a father’s crusade to close the gender gap
“There is a deeply-rooted patriarchal mindset that is still very normal in India, and many people still see girls and women as burdens,” Jaglan, 41, told This Week in Asia. …
Japan beauty adviser, 100, named world’s oldest: ‘many of my good clients have passed away’
Born in 1923, the same year as Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake, Horino married a local government official and expected to be a housewife. “It was a mistake to be married …
In Australia, women with children earn US$1.26 million less than men over their lifetimes
Australia needs urgent legislative changes to end economic inequality between men and women, a government task force found, highlighting the problem costs the economy A$128 billion (US$80 billion) a year. …