The PR industry favours the young, but often requires employees to work past retirement age. Knowing that it may be hard to find your place if you’re not part of Gen Y, Wunderlich Kaplan Communications is offering a new internship to women over 40. But is age really just a number?

While China relaxed its one-child policy in 2013 and scrapped it altogether last year, it seems not many mothers want to have a second baby. Among other reasons, a lack of childcare services means that women are shouldering the burden, with many having to give up careers and stay at home.

Living in a world of forced abortions and mandatory sterilisations seems unthinkable. But this was the case in China until early 2016, when the the one-child policy was abolished. With parents now wishing to grow their families, there’s one career that's blossoming like no other – nannying.

For the last decade, Chinese magazines, sites and government bodies have been labelling unmarried women over 27 assheng nu–‘leftover women’ – in a bid to counter a social trend seen as destabilising society. But who are these leftover women? And why should brands be paying attention to them?