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In an interview for International Women’s Day, the activist talks about being tear-gassed and threatened by a death squad – and why it’s misogynistic to define her by a marriage that ended 30 years ago
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In her new book, Jacky Fleming focuses on the brilliant women left out of the history books, from the first female doctor to an architect who inspired Christopher Wren
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The knack of doing several things seems a necessary part of being female, writes Katharine Whitehorn
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Jessica Valenti interviews author Rebecca Traister about how she uncovered rich accounts of social progress intertwining with changing marriage patterns
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Things I’ve learned in time for Mother’s Day
Eva WisemanAs a new mother, Eva has found the past year to be full of life lessons. Here she reveals five of them
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Syria's peace talks need more women at the table
Margot WallströmSweden’s minister for foreign affairs is supporting women to participate in discussions to end the conflict in Syria -
Perceptions about the way working women should behave – including negotiating and having ‘executive presence’ – are part of the problem
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Speaking at a town hall event in Fairfax, Virginia, on Monday, Kasich reflected on his election to the state legislature at the age of 26, saying many women ‘left their kitchens’ to campaign for him
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The party, he explains, claims to want less government intervention in the lives of voters, but when it comes to ‘a very, very personal decision that a woman has to make, they love government’
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The UK’s leading FGM consultant Dr Comfort Momoh MBE explains what FGM is and its consequences
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The feminist politics professor, 57, on her Belgian grandparents, seeing beauty in a puddle, and her sons wanting to be artists
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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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I’m fearless as a woman because of my dad and his high expectations of me – and the most confident females I know all have positive male influences too
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Being a professional composer requires real mental and physical stamina, says British composer and musician Errollyn Wallen
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Online harassment of women at risk of becoming 'established norm', study finds