Some worry that the push for matronymics, the use of a second name derived from a person’s mother rather than their father, has enabled a concentration of presidential power.

She says matronymics are more popular in Chinese cities not because of an assertion of women’s rights, but because a generation of maternal grandparents has more wealth to hand down, especially ...

Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court has ruled that adults can choose to use middle names based on the name of their mother rather than their father, in a surprise nod to gender equality in ...

Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court has ruled that adults can choose to use middle names based on the name of their mother rather than their father, in a surprise nod to gender equality in ...

Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court has ruled that adults can choose to use middle names based on the name of their mother rather than their father, in a surprise nod to gender equality in ...

Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Court has ruled that adults can choose to use middle names based on the name of their mother rather than their father, in a surprise nod to gender equality in traditionally ...

The matronymics on the children’s new birth certificates replaced the traditional patronymics that originated from their fathers’ first names. Kapalova, 37, also gave her children -- who are 5 ...

Altyn Kapalova. (Photo: Facebook) One woman’s battle to turn the tide against patriarchal norms in Kyrgyzstan has produced a mixed victory. In a ruling made public this week, the Constitutional Court ...

Some worry that the push for matronymics, the use of a second name derived from a person’s mother rather than their father, has enabled a concentration of presidential power. The life cycle of a ...

There’s a strange phenomenon that pops up surrounding the last names of Jews in the Russian Empire during the 19th century. A lot of them were derived from women’s first names, which is known ...