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Why are women wearing sports shoes designed for men, just made smaller? Tim Loh explores the startups creating performance sneakers actually made for women. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Why are women wearing sports shoes designed for men, just made smaller? Tim Loh explores the startups creating performance sneakers actually made for women. (Source: Bloomberg)
For the first time in a decade, China has returned to the top 100 out of 145 economies in an annual global report assessing gender equality. China closed 69.9 per cent of its gender gap in 2025, rising to 96th place from 103rd the previous year and increasing 1.3 percentage points, according to the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international non-profit organisation based in Switzerland. It marks the first time China has been ranked in the top 100...
Lin bags her second Asian Games gold medal, three years on from her success in Hangzhou in the 57kg class.
Love is a many-splendoured thing โ except when seen through the lens of economists, apparently. Prominent economist Terence Chong Tai-leung, a Chinese University of Hong Kong associate professor, confirmed this in an address last week to the universityโs New Asia College. In a speech titled โHow to invest in your life?โ, he basically told the female students at the event that they were wasting their time on academic achievements, since women must aim to marry for money. Donโt pursue a PhD, he...
London, Sept. 16 (Jiji Press)--Japan ranked 117th among 145 countries in the World Economic Forum's global gender equality rankings for 2026, the lowest among the Group of Seven major democracies, a WEF report showed Wednesday. Japan's ranking improved by one spot from 2025 with a score of 0.670, up from 0.666 in the previous year, where 1 indicates full gender parity. The WEF's gender gap ...
WEF Managing Director Saadia Zahidi speaks to Francine Lacqua after their latest annual report on gender found that global gender parity remains more than a lifetime away for women, with current progress meaning it will still take 120 years to reach full equality. She observes that during times of global crisis such as the pandemic, society seems to shift towards more traditional leadership patterns, and also notes this pattern already emerging in AI. (Source: Bloomberg)