Washington – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years in a decision that will transform American life, reshape the nation’s politics and lead to all but total bans on the procedure in about half of the states. “Roe was egregiously wrong from
Osaka – A Japanese scholar has developed a sanitary pad and tampon dispenser made of cardboard that can be easily installed in public toilets, after learning some women are reluctant to receive free hygiene goods from local governments. The flat-pack and easy-to-assemble dispensers could also be used in evacuation centers in the event of a
China is launching an investigation into a group of police officials over their handling of an attack on female diners at a restaurant, an incident that prompted an outpouring of stories from women around the Asian nation who said they’d been badly mistreated in the past. Ma Aijun, the police chief of the district in
The central government has called for a revamp of old-fashioned labor practices, taxation and social security systems that have left the nation’s gender gap largely intact for years, taking issue with the stereotypical notion of the roles expected of men and women. A policy blueprint released Friday to promote women’s economic empowerment states that the
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered a Tokyo medical school to pay around ¥8.05 million ($63,000) in damages to 13 women for rigging its entrance exams in favor of male candidates, in what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind after a series of manipulations of exam results were uncovered in
SYDNEY – Australia’s mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders, who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals stretching from the arid Outback to Parliament House. Over the past 18 months, thousands of women have exposed a culture of bullying and abuse in mining, the country’s economic engine,
