Going places: 10 inspirational female adventurers

To mark International Women’s Day on Tuesday, these great women offer inspiration on how to power up your own adventures

It would be a moral and medical disaster if Britain became a surrogacy centre

‘Routine’ childbirth is dangerous. Let’s not add commodified women to the risk list

Expectant mothers are too often treated as an inconvenience – and we can’t blame a TV drama for that

The BBC’s new show This Is Going to Hurt is about overstretched doctors – but patronising pregnant women is a long-standing problem, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Living in a woman’s body: I left prison, but can’t forget how it feels when desire is criminalised

A prison rights activist who spent decades in jail remembers the longing and fury she felt when sex and touch were suppressed

Living in a woman’s body: as the world moves on from Covid, I feel the pain of being left behind

I have blood cancer and continue to isolate, living without touch, hugs, intimacy or love. It is heartbreaking

Living in a woman’s body: I want my daughter to be inspired by my miraculous scars

When I was pregnant, I discovered that I had developed breast cancer – just like my mother before me. One day, the child I was carrying may face the same hard choices

Caesareans or vaginal births: should mothers or medics have the final say?

More babies are born by C-section than ever, causing alarm at the WHO. But some believe the option should always be offered

Living in a woman’s body: when my child died, my every cell hurt. She was worth every tear I shed

After almost three decades, I still miss my daughter. But losing her taught me that grief is something to venerate, not deny

Living in a woman’s body: it’s a potent myth that all women want children – but I have experienced other wonders

The lie that all women have a yearning to be a mother can feel like biological gaslighting. I’ve had a different kind of life – and it is meaningful, rewarding, joyous

Emma Thompson on living in a woman’s body: my daughter thrums with life, my mother is frail – and I’m balanced between

When three generations of my family were together I realised how, wordlessly, we recalibrate each other