Postmenopausal women struggling with weight loss may find a powerful solution by combining the diabetes drug tirzepatide with menopause hormone therapy. A Mayo Clinic study revealed that this dual treatment led to significantly greater...
Join us for the public launch of our latest analysis of the gender wealth gap Ignacia Pinto, Dr Daniella Jenkins and Julia Davies This webinar will bring together researchers, campaigners, and policy experts to discuss the latest report...
On 11th July 2025, a parliamentary committee has raised the alarm about the government’s fragmented, short-term approach to funding work to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) – jeopardising its own mission to halve VAWG in a...
The Department for Education released on 10 July 2025 updated statistics for suspensions and permanent exclusions across state-funded schools in England for the academic year 2023/24. The data shows: Exclusions of girls are continuing to...
Katherine O’Brien, Head of Campaigns and Communications at BPAS, said: “Women are facing significant barriers when trying to access contraception, including long wait times and difficulties securing appointments. At BPAS, we regularly...
Responding to the Leveson report on tackling court backlogs, Gemma Sherrington, CEO of Refuge, said: “Refuge has repeatedly raised urgent concerns about the devastating impact Crown Court backlogs are having on survivors of domestic...
24 July 2025 13:00 ~ Gender and Wealth Inequality: Report Launch – Women’s Budget Group – Online 17 August 2025 ~ Nominations are open for the 2025 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize and CWJ Award! – Closing date ♀ 2 September 2025 ~ HP IDVA...
Are people applying layers of products, masks and tape to their faces at bedtime following a beneficial beauty trend, or is the practice problematic? The women in the videos begin by liberally applying layers of skincare products. Then...
We need your views on the BIG SUMMER CHILDCARE JUGGLE! We know this time of year can be stressful – so it’s time to speak up. We’re launching our Big Summer Childcare Juggle Survey because we want to hear YOUR story. The real...
On 7 July 2025, Muslim Women’s Network UK (MWNUK) joined Britons in remembering the 52 lives lost and the hundreds more injured during the 7/7 London bombings. We honour their memory by renewing our commitment to peace, unity, and...
On 9th July 2025 the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part I was published. Led by Sir Brian Leveson, the review outlines major structural reforms aimed at addressing delays and inefficiencies in the Crown Court. Echoing...
Rape Crisis England and Wales statement on the Leveson Review of the Criminal Courts. Sir Brian Leveson has published (9 July 2025) Part 1 of the landmark Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, commissioned by the Lord Chancellor in...
Anaemia remains one of South Asia’s quietest but most pervasive health crises, disproportionately affecting the region’s poorest women and girls – and with 18 million more cases projected by 2030, experts say urgent, unified action is...
Banning the silencing of employees subjected to harassment and abuse has been talked about since advent of #MeToo UK bosses to be banned from using NDAs to cover up misconduct at work The ban on the use of non-disclosure agreements...
One thing I’ve noticed is that as they grow older, people tend to care less about others’ opinions. Sometimes that’s liberating I started learning about ageing and ageism – prejudice and discrimination on the basis of age – almost 20...
The superstar singer is being used in an argument about sex, pornography, the male gaze, female desire and blond hair that has been going on since before her grandmother was born. Meanwhile, her autonomy is overlooked There are some hot...
A life of passive ‘perfection’, in which you minister to your partner and don’t speak unless spoken to, is a nauseating prospect that leaves women dangerously vulnerable Do you wish you were a princess? Do you crave being cosseted and...
Football’s reigning world champions – and favourites to win Euro 2025 – have become symbols of women’s fight for equality For years, they battled on multiple fronts: pushing back against the misogyny, misconduct and mistreatment of their...
As returns of Afghan refugees and those living in refugee-like conditions from Iran and Pakistan increase – many forcibly – women and girls are arriving in a country where their rights, safety, and futures face severe threats, according...
Scientists at UC Davis discovered a small genetic difference that could explain why humans are more prone to certain cancers than our primate cousins. The change affects a protein used by immune cells to kill tumors—except in humans,...
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea that the public sphere belongs to men A couple of weeks ago, I was in an upmarket neighbourhood in Delhi for a photoshoot. The...
In a revealing HBO documentary, the women involved with the groundbreaking feminist publication describe the rocky road to progress The first of July marks the anniversary of Ms magazine’s official inaugural issue, which hit newsstands...
Expansion of As Ever product line marks latest foray into lifestyle branding, with wine manufactured in Napa valley The Duchess of Sussex has announced her latest foray into lifestyle branding, with Meghan expanding her As Ever product...
Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve gender equality, UN Women estimates. This gap means that programmes and services for women and girls are chronically underfunded....
The NHS needs to provide better understanding and support for people with the condition, says one reader Thank you for publishing the article about polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ( I was diagnosed with PCOS –...
In the coastal town of Sasmuan, Philippines, life flows with the river’s tide. At dawn, slender boats glide through calm waters as fishing nets are cast beneath the warming sky. Read the full story, “Tide of change in Philippines as...
Breasts have always been political – and right now they’re front and centre again. Is it yet another way in which Trump’s worldview is reshaping the culture? It was, almost, a proud feminist moment. On inauguration day in January, the...
Kris Jenner, 69, was recently mistaken for daughter Kendall, 29. Now people are discussing a new, eye-wateringly expensive surgery For decades, the Kardashian-Jenner clan have pushed the boundaries of onerous beauty standards. Recently,...
MALÉ & JOHANNESBURG, Jun 26 (IPS) - A meeting of parliamentarians in Malé, the Maldives, pledged to provide an enabling environment for emerging women leaders by supporting them and promoting a political culture rooted in mutual respect,...
BHUBANESWAR/AHMEDABAD, India, Jun 26 (IPS) - As Deviben Dhaundhaliya, 45, a streetside seller of artificial jewelry, waits for her husband Devabhai to arrive and help her shift their iron-frame mobile ‘shop’ to the Bhadra Fort open-air...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jun 25 (IPS) - Poland’s embattled Prime Minister Donald Tusk emerged bruised but still standing after his government survived a parliamentary vote of confidence on 11 June. He’d called the vote, which he won by 243...
Smart casual’s comfier cousin lets you glide seamlessly from a long plane journey and into a work meeting Forget smart casual. These days it’s smart comfy that I want. Smart casual was about making smart clothes look more relaxed;...
A new AI tool, AAnet, has discovered five distinct cell types within tumors, offering a deeper look into cancer's inner diversity. This insight could transform how we treat cancer, enabling more personalized therapies that tackle every...
Keeping sex on the schedule may be its own menopause medicine: among 900 women aged 40-79, those active in the last three months reported far less dryness, pain, and irritation, while orgasm and overall satisfaction stayed rock-solid...
No time for a full body tan? These will give your face a summery boost While body tanning products are, for me, mostly for special occasions (who has the time?), facial self-tanners are a staple in my routine year-round. A...
NAIROBI, Jun 24 (IPS) - Finland now ranks first in global sustainable development goals progress. Barbados is ahead globally in its commitment to UN multilateralism or cooperation among multiple nations. Read the full story, “Despite...
My talent for attracting coffee stains and mud splatters brings misery to my friends – especially the ones who lend me their pristine white shirts I have a friend who curates her wardrobe pretty carefully – there’s nothing in it she...
Jun 23 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the closure of offices of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Mexico with members of Integral Human Rights In Action (DHIA), a Mexican civil society organisation (CSO) that promotes and defends...
SEVILLE, Spain, Jun 23 (IPS) - Can the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) be a turning point? The stakes are high. The international financial system—so important to each and every one of us—feels out of...
I’m with Jennifer Garner and Ariana Grande: down with tweakments, be done with fillers and celebrate the lines that make life beautiful If, like me, you have watched agog, alarmed or just confused at the speed at which tweakments and...
Equality at work | Escaping Trump | Well good language | Fried and roasted Re Zoe Williams’s article ( MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long?, 16 June ), after being told by my (new, younger, male) boss that I...
From medically unqualified influencers pushing expensive supplements online, to nurses peddling myths about pregnancy, I had to find out all I could about my condition myself. This is what I’ve learned I suspected I had polycystic ovary...
Californian Nancy Miller Stratford’s fiance forbade her from going to join the war effort. But her dream was to fly – so she broke off the engagement and went anyway Nancy Miller Stratford sat alone behind the controls of a Spitfire...
Researchers from MIT and Scripps have unveiled a promising new HIV vaccine approach that generates a powerful immune response with just one dose. By combining two immune-boosting adjuvants alum and SMNP the vaccine lingers in lymph nodes...
Researchers have discovered how an ion channel in the brain's neurons has a kind of 'molecular memory', which contributes to the formation and preservation of lifelong memories. The researchers have identified a specific part of the ion...
Researchers have completed a comprehensive analysis of cancer statistics for different age groups in the United States and found that from 2010 through 2019, the incidence of 14 cancer types increased among people under age 50.
In the United States, breast, colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic, and kidney cancers are becoming increasingly common among people under age 50, according to a new study.
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this dramatically reduces their risk of ovarian cancer. Now, researchers have shown...