Britt Robinson
@brittrobinson.bsky.social
🇰🇷Korea-focused Gender Advocate. ✍🏽 Founder and CEO of #&Daughters. Board Member at National Association for Black Engagement with Asia #NABEA.
NEW: Women in South Korea face systemic gender discrimination at every stage of their working lives. These adverse impacts accumulate as women get older. In a new report, HRW found that the older women get, the fewer work opportunities they have. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4xowIhq
the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students (Gift Article)
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Support for female emperors in Japan hits 84% in Nikkei poll Views split on succession by sons of adoptees from former imperial branches trib.al/mxE8gKA
Support for female emperors in Japan hits 84% in Nikkei poll
Views split on succession by sons of adoptees from former imperial branches
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What was once an online subculture largely confined to the darkest peripherals of internet forums has now emerged as a cultural and political force. And women professors are experiencing it firsthand.
From online to on campus: The manosphere infiltrates college classrooms
The misogynistic internet subculture has gained traction in real life. For women in academia, the manosphere is an escalation of a familiar reality.
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Could Trump’s next push to limit birthright citizenship include a ban on pregnant tourists? 19thnews.org/2026/07/birt... via @19thnews.org
Could Trump’s next push to limit birthright citizenship include a ban on pregnant tourists?
The idea is getting new attention from the Trump administration as an alternative route to limit citizenship rights.
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Japanese men spend just 47 minutes a day on unpaid work like childcare and house cleaning, the lowest among the 35 countries the OECD tracks. Japanese women do 208 minutes a day, 4.4 times more.
Japanese Professor: Men Who Pick Up World Cup Trash Should "Do It at Home," Too
FIFA praised Japanese fans for cleaning the World Cup stadium. A Chubu University professor's viral reply, however, asked why Japanese men can't do this at home.
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For many students at Ilsung Women’s Middle and High School, going to school is a dream they had to postpone for decades. www.koreaherald.com/article/1078...
Women’s school for second-chance learners faces closure after founder’s death
For many students at Ilsung Women’s Middle and High School, going to school is a dream they had to postpone for decades. The Seoul school, which offers middle a
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Director Taichi Kimura reveals how his own mother's experiences inspired "Fujiko," an award-winning film about a scrappy single mom in the chauvinist society of 1970s and '80s Japan.
‘Fujiko’ transforms a mother’s resilience into festival gold
Fresh off a major festival win and new international distribution deals, Taichi Kimura reflects on the deeply personal project that honors his mother's perseverance.
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“She said, ‘Where’s your goals list? I can’t believe you ended up back here,’” Shirelle said. “‘Write down your goals. Put them in alphabetical order.’”
How a formerly incarcerated artist helped launch a record company for prison-impacted musicians
BL Shirelle believes art has the power to heal and helped her turn around her life during her time in prison.
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Why South Korean mothers face 300-km journeys just to give birth Shortages in obstetricians and neonatal intensive care beds in South Korea leave mothers with high-risk pregnancies searching for hospitals.
Why Korean mothers face 300-km journeys just to give birth
Women with high-risk pregnancies in South Korea are being sent hundreds of kilometers, sometimes by helicopter, in search of hospitals able to deliver their bab
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S Korean advocates file constitutional complaint over acquittal on lack of resistance in sexual assault case 6 civic groups condemned a high court ruling, which found the defendant not guilty because he "did not make any threats or commit assault to a degree that makes resistance impossible."
Advocates file constitutional complaint over acquittal on lack of resistance in sexual assault case
Women's rights advocates filed a constitutional complaint against a high court decision that acquitted an alleged sex criminal despite the victim refusing 75 times in an hour.
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When a King and direct descendent of King George III has to remind the American government about the utmost importance of checks and balances, you know we're in deep trouble.
Hong Kong’s feminist backslide Linda Wong, a Hong Kong lawyer and women’s-rights advocate, described the current situation as “the new National Security Law regime”.
NuVoices - Amplifying voices on China
Amplifying the voices of women and minority experts on China
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My latest: Yesterday, a press conference was held ahead of the publication of "Biographical Accounts of Anti-Constitutional Actors (반헌법행위자열전)." The project will span 12 volumes; t identifies and profiles 312 public officials between the Rhee Syngman and Roh Tae-woo governments.
5 ex-presidents listed as ‘anti-constitutional actors' in new reckoning on historical state violence - The Korea Times
Five former presidents of Korea made it onto a list of perpetrators of state violence in Korea's authoritarian past. Syngman Rhee, Park Chung-hee,...
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96 child abuse deaths in S Korea in 5 years, most involving parents Nearly 100 children in South Korea died from abuse over the past five years, most at the hands of their own parents, according to police data covering tens of thousands of reported cases nationwide.
96 child abuse deaths in Korea in 5 years, most involving parents
Nearly 100 children in South Korea died from abuse over the past five years, most at the hands of their own parents, according to police data covering tens of t
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South Korean President Lee orders stronger protections after stalking victim’s murder Criticism mounted that authorities had failed to properly protect the victim despite multiple warning signs before a fatal stabbing in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province.
Lee orders stronger protections after stalking victim’s murder
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday ordered an investigation into police officials over the murder of a stalking victim, and called for tougher measures to protec
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South Korea has a huge gender pay gap. Seoul wants to bring it into the open https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/gender/south-korea-has-a-huge-gender-pay-gap.-seoul-wants-to-bring-it-into-the-open
South Korea has a huge gender pay gap. Seoul wants to bring it into the open
Government to urge wage data reporting as women struggle to advance in workforce
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Thinking of Dolores Huerta and victims of sexual abuse around the world.
Leta Hong Fincher洪理达@letahongfincher.bsky.social · 7mo agoNo matter how brutally oppressed a man is by the state, he can always go home or elsewhere and take his anger out on a woman in private with impunity. No matter how low the man is in society, the woman attached to him (whether wife or girlfriend) is even lower. uscnpm.org/analysis/wom...
A Tokyo court has rejected a lawsuit challenging Japan’s restrictions on voluntary sterilization by women.
Tokyo court rules against women’s right to voluntary sterilization
Under Japanese law, sterilization surgery for women can be performed only when specific health risks are present.
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@tamarherman.com @areum.bsky.social thoughts on the latest BTS scandal? White washing Black-Korea history out of their Arirang trailer?
A South Korean government-run research institute has found that gender discrimination remains the most common social risk factor for health among young women. www.koreaherald.com/article/1068...
Gender discrimination still most common health risk for Korea's young women
A government-run research institute has found that gender discrimination remains the most common social risk factor for health among young women, who also repor
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Re-posting in honor of #InternationalWomensDay
Leta Hong Fincher洪理达@letahongfincher.bsky.social · 7mo agoAs we in America look for ways to defend our democracy under threat, we can draw inspiration from the resistance of young women in China. Text of my recent speech to the Jimmy Carter Forum on US-China Relations uscnpm.org/analysis/wom...
The gender pay gap at South Korea’s major conglomerates still hovers near 30 percent while women make up roughly one-quarter of the workforce, a report showed Sunday. www.koreaherald.com/article/1068...
Gender pay gap hovers near 30% in Korea: report
The gender pay gap at South Korea’s major conglomerates still hovers near 30 percent while women make up roughly one-quarter of the workforce, a report showed S
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The Hong Kong people’s demand for democracy was met not only with batons and tear gas, but with violations and a lack of accountability designed to instill fear among women and girls — to keep Hong Kong women from engaging in the protests. www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Hong Kong’s democracy fight is also a battle for women’s freedom
Despite gendered repression, smear campaigns and imprisonment by Beijing authorities, women in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement continue to lead and resist.
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NEWS: Americans were told to evacuate the Middle East — but the State Dept is not helping them do it. We called the State hotline. First thing you hear is an automated message: "Do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation."
Americans Stranded in the Middle East Aren’t Getting Help from the State Department
“Please do not rely on the U.S. government for assisted departure or evacuation,” a State department hotline said when NOTUS called Tuesday afternoon.
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Officially made it to South Korea! I’ll be here until May, dm if you wanna connect.
A growing number of local governments across Japan are making it easier for male workers to take paternity leave.
Paternity leave gets boost as local governments make it easier to take time off
The move is aimed at retaining human resources amid unabated population outflow to bigger cities.
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New Taliban penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’ and legalises domestic violence A Kabul-based legal adviser says it is now ‘impossible for women to get any justice’ in the Taliban-run courts.
How Taliban’s new penal code puts husbands on par with ‘slave masters’
A Kabul-based legal adviser says it is now ‘impossible for women to get any justice’ in the Taliban-run courts. Arpan Rai reports
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As we in America look for ways to defend our democracy under threat, we can draw inspiration from the resistance of young women in China. Text of my recent speech to the Jimmy Carter Forum on US-China Relations uscnpm.org/analysis/wom...
Women and Resistance in China - U.S.-China Perception Monitor
Remarks by Leta Hong Fincher at the Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations 2026
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