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It’s time to talk about the pseudoscience corrupting the abortion debateOn the eve of the final March for Choice ahead of Ireland’s referendum on abortion rights next year, a scientist explains why we urgently need to challenge the dogma
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Inclusive, diverse, non-hierarchical: women who work together in kitchensComment: Domestic food prep is associated with women, yet professional cooking is dominated by men. But that is changing, starting with the Severn Sisters Feast... -
Sad loss of overseas women speakers to UKLetters: The UK’s reputation for fairness and integrity is deteriorating fast with our increasing denial of visas to overseas speakers, especially women, writes Margaret Owen; while Roy Grimwood says that our language in covering the Saudi women driving ban story is patriarchal -
Meet the women dancing to save London’s Latin VillageTottenham’s Pueblito Paisa is a home from home and a vital source of support for the capital’s Latin American community. As it faces commercial redevelopment, locals are fighting back – through samba
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The Moomins: Tove Jansson’s feminist legacyThe Finnish author and illustrator used her books to subtly challenge views on how women should live and behave. Now, those stories are part of an Oxfam campaign to empower women around the world
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Movies like Daphne depict casual sex among women as a sign of low self-esteem, wholly divorced from desireLet’s have more sex in the movies – but please can it be the fun type?
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Now that he’s dead, the old sleaze in the Playboy mansion is being spoken of as some kind of liberator of women. Quite the opposite, writes Guardian columnist Suzanne MooreI called Hugh Hefner a pimp, he threatened to sue. But that’s what he was
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Endometriosis is always a feature in relationships – videoEndoActive interviewed 15 women about their experiences of sex, intimacy and living with endometriosis
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Life and death in Texas: abortion frontline of America – videoNew anti-abortion laws are putting women’s lives at risk, according to pro-choice campaigners. But pro-life activists claim they are protecting women
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Colombia's peace deal means Farc fighters can finally have babies – videoSince the Farc signed an accord with the government in December 2016, members of the guerrilla army can now become parents after a 52-year ban
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Osborne juggling jobs is just what women have always doneWhy all the fuss about handling more than one job, asks Katharine Whitehorn
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Harriet Harman: ‘I believe in not breaking your word to children. Even if it costs you your job’The Labour politician on growing up in a tight-knit sisterhood, her mother giving up her career as a barrister and why Robin Cook thought she was having an affair
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'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful womenThey’ve won Oscars, Pulitzers and Nobel peace prizes: eight women at the top of their game tell us how they got there
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'Theresa May's silence on women's issues is deafening'Women’s Equality party leader hits out at government over lack of action on pay transparency, childcare and social care
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A day in the life of an executive coach‘My job is helping people become aware of their strengths and the mindsets that sabotage them.’
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Obama on feminism and other lessons from the first United State of Women summitThere 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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The River Cafe's Ruth Rogers: 'Do I wish we served cheaper food? I’ve thought about that a lot'