Katsumi Nishimura, a 76-year-old who lives in Osaka Prefecture, boarded a plane at Kansai International Airport on Oct. 14 bound for Geneva, Switzerland. For the first time in eight years, she was off ...

Japan has passed legislation and taken other measures to make society more equal. However, a recent survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shows that discriminatory practices linger in ...

Nearly 33 percent of job seekers feel discriminated against because of their gender while more than 40 percent believe their education background unfairly eliminates them from the competition, a ...

Donald Trump was re-elected president on a wave of attacks against women and transgender people. Anti-transgender politicians spent more than $215 million on ads scapegoating trans people and ...

In China, gender equality is not a slogan; it is a national policy that guarantees the equal rights of men and women, and promotes women's all-round development. The policy recognizes four key ...

Korea faces a serious social problem. President Lee Jae Myung has repeatedly urged officials to get to the bottom of the issue and take action. A ministerial overhaul followed, resulting in the ...

Since 1961, NHK’s daily 15-minute morning dramas (asadora) have featured culturally important stories focusing on the lives of women. The latest installment, The Tiger and Her Wings (Tora ni tsubasa), ...

United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January 2026 “preparatory committee” meeting that will lay ...