Why adding a life matters
The government's decision to invite anti-abortion, pro-abstinence group on to a key advisory body should cause concern
Women and the coalition: social care
Predominantly female workforce will bear brunt as councils seek to make savings in social care departments
Delivering safe childbirth in Afghanistan
More women die in childbirth in Afghanistan than anywhere else in the world. Global attention since 9/11 has led to more desperately needed midwives – will that change as troops pull out?
The midwife on a mission to stop female genital mutilation
After Cath Holland witnessed the effects of the operation she set out to persuade an entire Kenyan province to renounce it
Sex trafficking charity loses out to Salvation Army over £6m contract
Eaves Housing accuses ministers of 'ideological decision' that 'will reduce funding by 60% per victim'
Curvy + hairy + size 10 = real woman?
Cathy Relf: As 'unreal woman' becomes the new pariah, let's have more honesty and clarity about body image
Lady Gaga and my breast milk burlesque
Victoria Hiley: Breast isn't best, it is bog standard. So why the hysteria about my little foray into the world of exotic ice-cream?
What’s the nicest thing a man can do for a woman? Shout at a bigot
Suzanne Moore: I have inevitably been called a man-hater. The obvious response is, 'Men? Look at me, can't get enough of them!'
Why does nobody want to feel like a natural woman any more?
Suzanne Moore: We now have a new aesthetic of femininity where everything is meant to be as fake as possible
Abortion is quietly shoved off the agenda again
Zoe Williams: A practical way to protect women in need of an early termination has been quashed in the high court. Ideology has trumped clinical need