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The House speaker warned his colleagues to be civil following a social media fight over the legislation, which makes an exemption for breastfeeding
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Women can struggle to make themselves heard in the workplace. But, according to the experts, they need just a few simple stage techniques to make co-workers listen up. So, is learning to act the best way to win at work?
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The festive season is over, and with it the superhuman task of spinning a whole dinner service-worth of plates at once. By Katharine Whitehorn
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Guardian staff writers in the US cut through the war, injustice and strife and tell us what makes them feel optimistic going into the new year
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What are your feminist resolutions for 2016?
Laura BatesForget ambitious diets, plans to learn a language or unreachable exercise goals – start the new year with resolutions which actively challenge sexism, from buying books by female authors to volunteering at a women’s refuge
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Editorial: The government is bringing equity to state pension ages, but not fairness
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While population growth slows in the rest of the world, it continues to rise in Africa. What are the implications?
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Is new email app Just Not Sorry good for women?
Elizabeth Day and Barbara Ellen
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An advertisement for a translation gadget called the Ili, made by a company named Logbar, shows ‘Dean’, a British man using the device to attempt to seduce women in Tokyo
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The Guardian spoke to five women willing to tell the stories of their journeys over the last 40 years, so long as they could do so anonymously
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The year in sexism: how did women fare in 2015?
Laura BatesOver the past 12 months, women ‘ruined Fifa’ and were told that not doing enough housework was making them fat. From Nigel Farage making a boob of himself to the supposed death of feminism, here’s a look at 2015’s most misogynist moments -
She’s unfazed by threats from the men’s-rights lobby, unafraid to speak her mind about Corbyn’s shadow cabinet and will ‘have a word’ with Seumas Milne about his friendship with George Galloway. We meet the Labour MP
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Activists argue that prejudice against black women is ignored by mainstream feminism. What are the corrosive stereotypes behind it?
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Glamour magazine event saw Michelle Obama advise an audience of hundreds of girls: read, write, go to school, beat the boys
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Dreams of building a responsible tourism business took Amy Carter-James on a tough but rewarding journey to Mozambique
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We’re taught to dream big and aim for the stars, but perhaps 2016 should be the year we dare to dream a little smaller
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Do you do the ironing or do you take out the bins? It may be time to gender-swap your chores