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As #TwoWomenTravel, two friends recently live-tweeted their journey to Britain for one of them to have an abortion. Another 11 women will have made the same journey every day. But is the country ready to repeal its eighth amendment?
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In Riyadh and the Riviera, women have to fight for the right to be themselves
Sanam Naraghi AnderliniCompared with the problem of radicalisation in jails, the burkini ban was a distraction, but an all-too-familiar one -
New research suggests that the popular treatment for wrinkles might not stay put when injected into the body
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Why Chinese women don't use tampons
Yuan Ren in BeijingOlympic swimmer Fu Yuanhui’s openness around menstruation in Rio was not such big news back home. In a country where only 2% of women use tampons, it provoked a different response -
The 52-year-old is the latest female actor to speak out about the pressure on older women to keep their youthful looks
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If you’re a single man scouring the internet for truly instructive advice, read on. For starters, try to think of women as if they were real-life human people
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When it comes to menopausal hormone therapy, women are left guessing at the risks
Margaret McCartneyA new study suggests stronger links between MHT and breast cancer. But patchy information means it’s hard to advise my patients properly -
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Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, has spoken at the International Conference on Men’s Issues
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A reminder of how far we’ve come – watch women and girls read from the 1848 Declaration of Sentiments, when women first called for their right to vote
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Women at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, explain why they support the party’s presidential candidate
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Once restricted to certain sectors, these days there’s no knowing where females may be running things
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Angela, Hillary, Christine, Luciana… and now Theresa – what a week it’s been for women in power, says Katharine Whitehorn
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When Margaret Thatcher entered No 10, the headlines made little comment on her gender. ‘Heel, boys’, reads the Sun’s headline about Theresa May today
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In a room with the Obamas, Oprah and scores of activists, there was rallying talk of self-care, rape survival and why men should never ‘babysit’ their own children
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‘My job is helping people become aware of their strengths and the mindsets that sabotage them.’
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There are more people fighting for gender equality than ever before. We need to harness this power while there’s still time
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How a legal misunderstanding is fuelling France’s witch-hunt of Muslim women