Boys as well as girls should be told about the evils of FGM

Information on FGM should be available for all, but it’s the males that need educating, says Katharine Whitehorn

Inadequate sex education creating ‘health time bomb’

‘Shockingly high’ numbers of STI diagnoses prompt councils to call for compulsory sex education in UK secondary schools

Number of cosmetic surgery procedures in UK fell 40% in 2016

Analysts say rising influence of a wave of ‘relatable’ social media celebrities could be behind a slump in demand

‘There will be more deaths’: NGOs on Trump’s anti-abortion rule

We asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses

Good vibes: selling sex toys online to fund sexual health programs

A new Australian social enterprise is tackling sexual objectification in advertising and an ‘unwritten moral code’ while selling sex toys for a good cause

How local accents have replaced Stephen Hawking-style voiceboxes

The physicist and cosmologist may be attached to his robotic-sounding synthesiser, but people more recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease are finding new ways to be heard

Anti-FGM campaign launched in UK to mark global day of opposition

Red Triangle initiative aims to encourage people to give police information to detect and prevent female genital mutilation

Herbal supplements’ illegal ingredients pose health risk, experts warn

Unlicensed medicines used in obesity or erection remedies could lower blood pressure or raise chances of heart attack

Prepare for the worst: this inequality rift will tear our society apart

The biggest rise in inequality since Thatcher is on its way, bringing economic instability, poverty, poor health, increased violence and fear among neighbours

Prison entrepreneurship: ‘Giving a little bit of belief goes a long way’

With the inmate population and suicide rates at a high, a new, government-backed, enterprise course could help rehabilitation