Transnational organised crime syndicates based in Southeast Asia are fuelling the trafficking of people for both forced criminality and sexual exploitation in “scam farms” that have spread across the ...

Akita Prefecture has Japan's most aged population, lowest birthrate and fastest declining population. Rigid gender roles are ...

SINGAPORE, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune today unveils Most Powerful Women in Asia 2025, honoring 100 leading women who are transforming business across Asia's major financial, consumer, and ...

In parts of East Asia, large majorities say men and women should share familial responsibilities, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 2-Sept. 17, 2023. The responsibilities we ...

Since the 1970’s, women’s groups have been a popular approach to promoting women’s economic empowerment in South Asia. One of the earliest and most well-known groups is India’s Self Employed Women’s ...

A woman promotes products via livestreaming at the "E-commerce" Pavilion during the second Global Digital Trade Expo in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 23, 2023. The second Global ...