Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"A university is mired in deepening scandal after leaking details of female students who are virgins. Highly personal and confidential medical information concerning hundreds of women was published on social media. It remains unclear why doctors linked to the Al-Farabi Kazakhstan National University in Almaty collected information on the virginity status of its students aged 17 to 21" (par. 1-3). "Initial reports say the virginity status of at least 190 students has been leaked and can be viewed by their teachers and other students. The leaked data includes 'the results of an examination with a gynaecologist, noting whether the patient was a virgin', it was reported. 'The documents were instantly...more

Countries: South Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Frustrated, Jungyeon began to observe other mothers. 'I was like, 'Oh, my friend who's raising a child is also depressed and my friend across the street is depressed too' and I was like, 'Oh, this is a social phenomenon'.' She began to doodle her experiences and post them online. 'The stories were pouring out of me,' she said. Her webtoon became a huge success, as women across the country related to her work, and Jungyeon is now the author of three published comic books" (par. 64-65).

Countries: Morocco
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Act No. 83-13, in August 2015, supplementing Act No. 77-03, on audiovisual communication, with the aim of promoting a culture of gender equality, combating gender-based discrimination and preventing gender stereotyping in advertising" (2). "The Committee welcomes the steps taken to project positive images of women and the equal status and responsibilities of women and men in society in school curricula and in the media. Nevertheless, the Committee remains concerned about the persistence of stereotypical attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and society, as well as stereotypical portrayals of women in the media, and the continuing underrepresentation of women in decision-making positions in the...more

Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-2, WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Besides unlawfully depriving women of job opportunities, these job ads reflect deeply discriminatory views about women: that they are less intellectually, physically, and psychologically capable than men, or that they are not fully committed to their jobs because some will eventually leave to start a family" (7).

Countries: Cote D'Ivoire
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"During the days leading up to the march, activities across the country included women’s forums with discussions and theatre and a caravan crisscrossing the country to raise awareness of gender-based violence in schools and among the wider public" (para 8).

Countries: Russia
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1, SEGI-PRACTICE-3, WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The new law on 'child-free propaganda' is vague enough that some Russians are already worried about a broad interpretation. According to the independent publication Novaya Gazeta, an online community called Maternal Bliss with 'nearly 150,000 subscribers where mothers anonymously spoke about the challenges of motherhood removed all its posts to avoid being charged under the new law"' (para 3).

Countries: Mexico
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Celebration of the ruling soon spilled out onto social media. 'Today is a day of victory and justice for Mexican women!' Mexico’s National Institute for Women wrote in a message on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The government organization called the decision a 'big step' toward gender equality. Sen. Olga Sánchez Cordero, a former Supreme Court justice, applauded the ruling, saying on X that it represented an advance toward 'a more just society in which the rights of all are respected.' She called on Mexico’s Congress to pass legislation in response. But others in the highly religious country decried the decision. Irma Barrientos, director of the...more

Countries: Somalia
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Bilan, the country’s only all-female media house, which celebrates its first birthday on Tuesday" (par. 1). "One of the most difficult subjects I have tackled is female drug addiction in Somalia. . .It took months to persuade anyone to speak. The addicts were terrified their parents would find out, but I persuaded them to wear face masks to hide their identities. They asked me for money to feed their habits. The pharmacists who sell opioids threatened me, trying to stop me writing the story because they wanted to continue making money from the addicts, and feared being exposed to the police. When the report came out, I was attacked by...more

Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Work has also been carried out to publicize in the media the negative consequences and unlawful nature of bride kidnapping and early marriage, including through a practical guide specially developed by the Centre for the Study of Democratic Processes, which is a non-governmental foundation. The guide seeks to inform the public about legislation aimed at preventing the celebration of religious ceremonies with minors. From 10 to 24 June 2018, an information campaign in the form of a flash mob called Alakachuu – Bull Kylmysh (bride abduction is a crime) was conducted at the national level among students and pupils. The use of innovative forms and methods of informational and educational...more

Countries: North Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1

"Ahn Kyung-su. Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9).

Countries: Japan
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Through social media, influencers have inadvertently popularized the seediest parts of Tokyo’s nightlife, often reinforcing harmful stereotypes of Japanese women as submissive, sexually permissive and exotic. These stereotypes, however, are not merely foreign misrepresentations: Japan’s own postwar legal framework and cultural conditions sustain and reinforce them. Tropes of Japanese women as both innocent and deviant can be traced back to 19th-century Orientalist views that cast Japan as mysterious and exotic — as outlined by Narrelle Morris, an associate professor at Curtin University in Australia, in a paper exploring Western fiction's fetishization of Japanese women. The Western gaze tended to view Japan’s arts and traditions as evidence of its unique sensuality,...more

Countries: North Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Ahn, who has interviewed many North Korean defectors, said the smuggling in over the past 20 years of a vast amount of South Korean TV dramas and films showing an elevated social status for women is also likely to have influenced women in North Korea not to have many children" (para 34).

Countries: China
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"Censorship of feminist topics online has intensified, as has misogynistic state propaganda" (para 14).

Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1

"The 26-year-old Chiwanga is one of few young women to graduate from Zimbabwe’s National School of Visual Arts and Design. She was one of 30 artists from 25 countries to have works included in the 'Notes for Tomorrow' exhibition on the COVID-19 pandemic, which was shown in the United States, Canada, China and Turkey in 2021 and 2022. She also had a show last year in Nigeria. The 'We Should All Be Human' exhibit in Zimbabwe was designed to raise the profile of young female artists and to ecncourage them to keep making art amid persistent societal pressures to get married, have children and change their focus to a life...more

Countries: South Korea
Variables: WAM-PRACTICE-1, WAM-DATA-1

"South Korean TV dramas and movies in the past 20 years that showed an elevated social status for women has also likely influenced women in North Korea not to have many children” (para 9)