A Beijing single woman who wanted to freeze her eggs unsuccessfully challenged the practice in court, which is exceptionally unusual in China. The Beijing Chaoyang Intermediate People’s Court ruled that the hospital did not breach the woman’s rights by denying her request to freeze her eggs. On Friday, almost three years after Teresa Xu first filed her lawsuit, she finally …

Malaysia – Khairy Jamaluddin, the Health Minister, has defined violence against women as a public health concern and a violation of women’s human rights, physical integrity, and sexual and reproductive rights. He said that abused women were more prone to indulge in high-risk behaviors such as smoking and drug use disorders than non-abused women. “Additionally, chronic stress caused by violence …