Angelica Silva

"You're not Hindu or Sikh, so why would you celebrate Diwali?" An Indian woman in one of my university classes once asked me this.

Despite cultural preference for sons in some Asian societies, researchers from Monash University Malaysia found that living with daughters is positively associated with happiness in old age.

On top of already painful symptoms, many women with endometriosis from multicultural backgrounds face cultural pressures to start a family after marriage.

Not everyone is satisfied with an office or working from home — they'd prefer to be operating from white-sand beaches and tropical rainforests. These Australians share the advantages and disadvantages of being a digital nomad.

From living out of an office to a houseboat in a marina, some people are turning to "non-traditional" methods of housing in order to put a roof over their heads.

Like many women, Nadia found Indian model Poonam Pandey's faking of her death on Instagram for cervical cancer awareness "distasteful".

For some young Asians, Lunar New Year isn't as rosy and celebratory as many people believe. It's also a time when they are grilled by parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties about why they're not married yet, or if they are married, why they don't have children yet.

"Don't ever marry a BMW," I overheard at a family friend's event. "A what?" "A Black, Muslim or White," they replied.

Aoife Yi was just a child when she knew she didn't want her own kids. She grew up in a single-parent family in China's southern city of Shenzhen and saw what her mum went without to be a parent.

The world doesn't make it easy for women to crack a joke. Especially when they're brown.