China's accidental feminist icon: 'I left my abusive husband for a life on the road'.
56-year-old Su Min decided to leave her abusive relationship and embark on an open-ended solo road trip. In China, where women are frequently expected to serve the role of a dutiful housewife and support their husbands, her decision to strike out on her own could be seen as controversial. But after she began live-streaming her journey and her struggles, she became a Chinese internet sensation with online fans sending her donations to fund her new life. Su has become an accidental feminist icon, inspiring other women to leave behind restrictive gender expectations for a life of adventure.
Su Min's Youtube page
Pressure and Release: horse therapy for young Indigenous Australians.
The Kimberley region of Western Australia is a beautiful place. But it is home to communities in crisis – devastated by a pattern of suicides among young Aboriginal people. A glimmer of hope emerges in the form of Prof Juli Coffin, a Nyangumarta w...
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Why Prague's homeless are resorting to poverty tourism.
Homelessness is on the rise globally, and the Czech Republic has the highest rate in central and eastern Europe. The Guardian visited Prague, for a long time a popular destination for tourists, to see how even this sector caters for the city’s vis...
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How coral sounds can heal dying reefs
This is the sound a coral reef makes. Scientists believe playing sounds of a healthy coral reef to a dying one could save damaged corals The world has lost half its coral reefs since the 1950s due to global heating, overfishing and pollution and 1...
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The sorry state of asylum seeker housing
The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester. Supported by the Elephants Trail, the group met women stuck in...
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How leasehold properties keep people poor
Because of laws brought in by William the Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago, a fifth of properties in England and Wales can be bought but you can never actually own them. The system is called “Leaseholding” and it’s a reality for 4.98 million ...
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