2022/02/23 |
Courting Change For Indonesia’s Invisible Brides
The country’s marriage statistics obscure a significant rise in unregistered unions involving children and adolescents.
2020/09/18 |
The Growing Complexity and Diversity of Taiwanese Families
Taiwan currently vies with South Korea for having the lowest total fertility rate in the world.
2019/01/11 |
Vietnam Newlyweds Become 'Inmates for Life' in This Viral Photo Shoot
The Saigon couple took a marriage metaphor literally in a photo shoot that went viral in Vietnam.
2018/12/07 |
'Marriage Cards' for Indonesia's Newlyweds: A Form of Moral Surveillance?
The Indonesian government's rollout of the proposed cards may be all about moral policing.
2017/09/27 |
China’s Modern Families: Double Income and Invisible Kid
Child-averse young couples are increasingly succumbing to the social pressure to start families, only to foist the kids onto older relatives.
2017/09/24 |
Chinese People Are Losing Faith in Marriage
For traditionalists, spiking divorce rates and the rising number of ‘hoax marriages’ are undermining the spirit of matrimony.
2017/05/25 |
Taiwan's Same-Sex Marriage Decision: A Personal Reflection
A Taiwan LGBT activist and same-sex marriage campaigner reflects on a day he will never forget.
2017/05/24 |
PHOTO STORY: Taiwan Reacts to Landmark Gay Marriage Ruling
Moments before and after Taiwan's top court rules in favor of gay marriage.
2017/04/26 |
Book Review: Marriage Migration in Asia: Emerging Minorities at the Frontiers of Nation-States
In Marriage Migration in Asia: Emerging Minorities at the Frontiers of Nation-States, editor Sari K. Ishii brings together contributors to explore new and emerging patterns of transnational marriage migration in East and Southeast Asia. This book is a valuable contribution to research that complicates many existing assumptions – such as the perception that it is mainly women from poorer countries who move to marry men in the more prosperous north – and highlights the need for greater legal protection for marriage migrants and their families, finds Amal Shahid.
2017/02/07 |
Startup Discovers 'Long Distance' No Barrier to Finding Love
'Over 50 percent of our users told us that long distance is acceptable as long as they are matched with the right candidate.'
2016/12/08 |
Happily Ever After Divorce
'Unless we change our current perception of gender roles, the only way a woman can live happily is after her divorce.'
2016/01/18 |
Taipei City Hall Grants Employees Family Care Leave for Same-sex Couples
After allowing people to register as same-sex couples last year, Taipei City Hall takes another step forward granting family care leave for employees working in the government.
2015/12/17 |
Japan Supreme Court Rules the Law on Surnames of Married Couples to be Constitutional
Although the law does not request wives to take their husbands' surnames, but since the Japanese society is deeply influenced by a male-dominant mindset, 96% of married women have given up their maiden names after getting married.
2015/07/17 |
Taiwan is Home to Possibly 15,469 Abused Children
Though the number of child abuse cases have decreased in recent years, but out of 11,000 abused children last year, 11 percent were under three years old, hitting a new high in seven years.
