Marina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid (1m23s); Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness (8m05s); why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City...
OSLO, Apr 12 (IPS) - Parliamentarians from 112 countries have adopted the IPCI statement of commitment to protect and promote sexual and reproductive health rights, committing to the principle that Life or Death is a Political Statement...
Findings from Suzy Lamplugh Trust show only 1.4% of reports of stalking to police ended in the stalker being convicted in year ending March 2022. This is despite the stalking […]
As a government, we are committed to supporting all those experiencing domestic abuse. This includes working with employers so they can raise awareness on the impact of domestic abuse in […]
OSLO, Apr 12 (IPS) - Technology emerged as a core theme of IPCI Oslo for its relevance in advancing the objectives of the Cairo Programme of Action. Read the full story, “IPCI 2024: Technology as a Tool to Advance and Threaten Sexual and...
Bart, 61 and Alicia, 56, became friends as students in Washington DC in the 1980s. A chance encounter in the 1990s led to a life-changing bond Tell us your story of how you met someone special As a student in 1989, Alicia went to...
BULAWAYO, Apr 11 (IPS) - While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice. Read the full story, “Women Affected by Gender-Biased...
Tickets £6 @ Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Join Kafayat Okanlawon as she celebrates the 5-year anniversary of her book This Is Us! This is Us: […]
Event to launch the Cost Benefit Calculator & Report finding savings that by and for services supporting victim-survivors with NRPF provide Ends 2:30pm Online There is a strong financial case […]
Mothers who work full-time are almost 3 x more likely than full-time dads to ask for flexible working Mothers with a household income of under £45k are twice as likely […]
Rape Crisis England & Wales is delighted to announce that the 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line has been awarded the Helplines Standard by Helplines Partnership. The Helplines Standard […]
OSLO, Apr 10 (IPS) - Gearing up for the 30 th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), the world’s parliamentarians and ministers are meeting in Oslo to determine the course of action needed to...
15 April 2024 10:00 ~ Transforming Early Childhood Education and Care: Sharing International Learnings – Fawcett Society – London 23 April 2024 10:00 ~ National Stalking Awareness Week Conference 2024: […]
The Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, called for an Arizona supreme court ruling to be repealed that permits enforcement of an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. Speaking at a press conference the governor said: 'The near...
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A clinical trial showed that a nasal spray that patients administer at home, without a physician, successfully and safely treated recurrent episodes of a condition that causes rapid abnormal heart rhythms. The study provides real-world...
Got a beauty dilemma? Our expert is here to offer advice. This week, Zoe needs help with thinning hair Hair loss is such a sensitive subject. If it’s a problem that started for no apparent reason, your GP should be your first port of...
MASERU, Lesotho, Apr 03 (IPS) - In the journey towards gender equality and justice, recent decades have seen strides made, yet the road ahead remains treacherous. In the race to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,...
Thankfully my mum is soon coming to visit me with a suitcase full of the best of Britain: chocolate, tea and savoury snacks My mum, who lives in England, is coming to visit me in Philadelphia soon and I have given her strict instructions...
The Colombian pop star – and mother of two boys – disliked the global blockbuster, saying its message robs men of chance to ‘protect and provide’ In an unlikely dissension from what has become a critical and commercial consensus,...
Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout Rose Gardner did everything right....
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) - Older women and women with disabilities experience abuse that is unique to their demographics, yet they are underrepresented in national and global databases, according to findings shared by the World...
People carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations are at high risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Researchers have found that changes occur in the immune cells of breast tissue in carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations long before...
LONDON, Mar 27 (IPS) - Earlier this month, a UNICEF report on the prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) showed that while some success is taking place, the pace of progress remains slow - lagging behind population growth,...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (IPS) - After nearly six months of a devastating war in Gaza, the UN Security Council has at last adopted a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The resolution calls for the ceasefire to come...
SRI JAYAWARDENEPURA KOTTE & ATHENS, Mar 25 (IPS) - Sri Lankan lawmaker Hector Appuhamy, in conversation with IPS ahead of a two-day conference aimed at educating and involving university students in mental health issues, said...
Got a niggling beauty question? Our expert is on hand. This week, Alice is concerned that her sweet tooth will cause skincare problems One of the joys of being a beauty journalist is the unsolicited advice. A skin expert once...
RANGAMATI, Mar 22 (IPS) - Just a few years ago, Sudarshana Chakma (35), a resident of the remote Digholchari Debarmatha village under Bilaichari upazila in the Rangamati Hill District, had to traverse a long hilly path to fetch water for...
There is a surprising dearth of research about how breast cancer cells can go dormant, spread and then resurface years or even decades later, according to a new review of in vitro breast cancer studies.
Scientists found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients. They say that eating more wild 'feed' species directly could benefit our health while reducing aquaculture demand for finite marine...
Researchers have developed a new, interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict 5-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a new study.
The label of ‘feminist’ is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix than a meaningful description of art Let’s play a game. Of all the best picture nominees from this year’s Oscars , which film is the most feminist? Is it...
Even supposedly ‘positive’ birth stories make my heart sink. Am I just going to have to make a leap of faith? It’s a conspiracy, I’m sure of it. Since the pandemic in 2020, the year I moved out of the category of young adulthood, my...
A few hours later, I made the mistake of telling Mum all about it. And she was not amused There is usually a bit of space between International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, which means we don’t have to run straight from the swill of...
On International Women’s Day Kate Mosse, co-founder of the Women’s prize for fiction and bestselling author of Labyrinth, heralds a new honour Gloria Steinem said: “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist...
Coronary artery calcium scoring with CT can identify symptomatic patients with a very low risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers said the findings may one day help some patients with stable chest pain avoid invasive coronary...
A new study is shedding light on our understanding of the molecular origins of some forms of autism and intellectual disability. Researchers were able to successfully capture atomic resolution images of the fast-moving ionotropic...
With ever-increasing life expectancy comes the challenge of treating age-related disorders such as osteoporosis. Although there are effective drugs for treating this metabolic bone disease, they can be expensive and have side effects,...
Scientists have found a way to predict Alzheimer's Disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning.
Women who have both migraines and a long-term history of hot flashes and/or night sweats have a slightly higher risk of heart disease and stroke, and young women who have migraines have a higher risk of later persistent menopause...
For decades, hormonal treatment of breast cancer has been going in one direction -- blocking estrogen. Now a global study has discovered there may be another, less toxic way to defeat the most common form of breast cancer.