Taiwan: The liberal democracy where adultery remains a crime
[AL JAZEERA] Wendy had just moved in with her new partner when the couple found themselves unexpectedly charged with a crime: criminal adultery.
07Apr
30Mar
Fundraising for Change: A Practical Guide for Women’s Organizations (HER Fund)
Designed especially for first-time fundraisers, Global Fund’s updated handbook presents some key ideas about raising money to fund women’s rights work in today’s global political and economic context.
30Mar
Plan Your Power: A Toolkit for Women’s Rights Advocacy Planning (WomenKind)
This toolkit adapts mainstream advocacy planning processes to incorporate a deeper understanding of gendered, and other intersecting, power relations to strengthen our movements for gender equality and ensure that allies incorporate the priorities of diverse women in their future advocacy.
24Mar
A Step Towards Artivism: How is the Korean Film Industry Changing? – April Park
April Park Human Asia Project Intern (Video: Marie Claire Korea, Youtube. Press CC for English.) In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Marie Claire Korea has released its third Gender Free Campaign video on March 6, 2020. The video shows eight female actresses, delivering lines originally performed by male actors. The campaign serves to raise awareness about gender fluidity and to break gender...
09Mar
As Coronavirus Spreads, So Does Xenophobia and Anti-Asian Racism
[TIME] A Singaporean student and a Vietnamese art curator are reported to be the latest targets of xenophobia and racism related to coronavirus in the U.K., as a growing number of incidents have been reported around the world since the outbreak started.
06Mar
Taiwan rank stays same in global freedom report
[FOCUS TAIWAN] Taiwan was ranked the second freest country in Asia with a total score of 93 points, the same as 2019, in the latest edition of the "Freedom in the World" report by U.S. based non-governmental organization Freedom House.
06Mar
Hong Kong: Widespread police violence during protests must be investigated to prevent further clashes
[AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL] New report sets out need for independent commission of inquiry to investigate widespread human rights violations that occurred in 2019.
06Mar
Scrutinizing ‘Gender’ to ‘Transgender’ – Seonwoo Yoon
Seonwoo Yoon Human Asia Project Intern [Image: Hee-soo Byun during a press conference in Seoul, January 22 2020. Credit: Yonhap News) Starting from a decision of the Korean military discharging Hee-soo Byun, who came out as trans and insisted to serve in the army as a woman, specific issues relating to trans people in Korea have sparked various disputes. In addition to...
06Mar
[Now Accepting Submissions] Got an Idea for a Blog Post?
Human Asia is now accepting submissions for blog posts from our EAYAN Program participants! If you would like to submit an academic or critical opinion article pertaining to: Regional news and developments linked to human rights Important historical events profiling human rights milestones or setbacks Culture or media (books, films, online videos etc) Interviews with human rights figures Any other...
04Mar
China Uighurs ‘moved into factory forced labour’ for foreign brands
[BBC] Thousands of Muslims from China's Uighur minority group are working under coercive conditions at factories that supply some of the world's biggest brands, a new report says.