CHINA: Women with PhDs in Guandong Province are finding it hard to get a mate in line with their educational background and earning power (about $1,300 a month).
BANGLADESH: A recent rally stressed the need for creating mass awareness of “the curses of child marriage and dowry” as well as preventing child and maternity mortality.
KOREA: Men under 25 are divorcing nearly 10 more than their older counterparts. Divorce is up nearly 50 percent since 2000, possibly corresponding with a sharp increase in international marriages over the same period.