Men deserve everything women get: waiting periods, purity control and science-free sex education

Jessica Valenti: It’s time to end the battle of the sexes and protect men with the same zeal as we do women

The lab-grown penis: approaching a medical milestone

After decades of research, scientists are bioengineering penises in the lab, writes Dara Mohammadi

Margaret Foley obituary

Other lives: Gynaecologist who led the way in improving women's sexual health

Sex therapy: Stop trying to be ‘normal’

Three experts talk to Anna Moore about how sexual expectations are changing and the issues that they are asked to address

Sex Uncovered: austerity-hit Britons have sex less than once a week, poll finds

Observer sex survey finds sharp fall in reported sexual activity since last study in 2008

Denmark and Netherlands launch fund for sexual health groups

Cash aims to boost grassroots reproductive rights groups that are sometimes marginalised for their contentious agendas

Activists urge renewed women’s rights focus as UN meets in New York

Activists still demanding progress 20 years after Cairo deal, as UN meeting also aims to tackle newer problems of climate change and migration

Give schoolboys HPV vaccine, says charity

Routine immunisation of schoolboys would curb spread of certain types of cancer, argues Royal Society for Public Health

Inclusive sex education is vital – and British schools aren’t delivering it

Peter Tatchell: Why isn’t there a mandatory requirement to teach children about sexual health and diversity, including LGBT, in the same way as other curriculum subjects?

Sexual health isn’t just about health – it’s about sex too

Pauline Oosterhoff: Achieving the non-controversial medical goals of sexual health requires dealing with the controversial aspects of sexual life