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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s main universities have reopened six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women have returned to now-segregated classes.
Exiled from their homeland, Afghanistan's women's national team are beginning their journey back to international football.
Australia
Could female students be the answer to Australia’s flagging international education sector?
Cambodia
51 groups in Cambodia have signed a statement deploring the harassment and intimidation carried out by authorities against the striking workers of NagaWorld, who are mostly women.
China
Officials have been sacked over a case of a trafficked woman who was chained up after twice being sold as a bride.
Fiji
Fiji Women’s Rights Movement conducted an analysis of rape cases from 2021, and found the average victim age whose case was finalised in the courts was just 15. The youngest victim? Three years old.
Hong Kong
Migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong have suffered on all fronts during COVID-19. Now, Omicron sets to continue the problems.
India
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi tells Al Jazeera why the main opposition party gave 40 percent tickets to female candidates for Uttar Pradesh polls.
Indonesia
Beloved transgender icon Dorce Gamalama passed away recently, leading to outpourings of grief across the nation. How did a flamboyant trans woman become so widely adored?
The forgotten art of Indonesian-Chinese women in the twentieth century.
Japan
Unions in Japan are dominated by men both in leadership and membership. Can a woman change things and attract more female members?
More women qualified for places in medical school entry exams than men for first time since universities admitted to deliberately failing female applicants.
Malaysia
Fake model agencies are scamming for nudes.
Nepal
Many families encourage their daughters to avoid sports, as they’re seen as a distraction from studies and home life. Some girls are now becoming coaches to help shift this perception.
Intimate partner violence remains pervasive in Nepal.
Pakistan
A 19-year-old dancer has been shot dead in Punjab, the second such case in the last month.
Zahir Jaffer has been convicted of murdering 27-year-old Noor Mukadam after she refused to marry him. He has been sentenced to death.
Meanwhile, overall reports of crimes against women have surged.
Papua New Guinea
On one of PNG’s worst ‘social evils’: polygamy.
Bilum (bag) weaving and its history.
The Philippines
Youth groups have launched a list of election demands for women and girls.
Regional
Gender equality remains out of reach in Pacific politics, but there are a few important wins which deserve celebrating.
Despite its huge impact on infant health, breastfeeding rates are falling in the Pacific.
South Korea
Meet the young Koreans loving their single lives, despite all the pressure from their families and society.
Gender - specifically (anti-)feminism - remains one of the key issues in the presidential race.
Sri Lanka
The family of a Sri Lankan woman who died in Japanese immigration detention are set to sue the government.