‘I feel hurt that my life has ended up here’: The women who are involuntary celibates

What is it like to go without a partner when you long for one – and when even a fleeting sexual connection feels impossible?

Stop making the menopause into a brand! It’s about healthcare, not money

Founder of midlife website Noon is delighted the subject is being talked about openly, but does not want to see it commercialised

Policing pregnancy while corporate drug pushers go free shows warped values

A system that can put a young woman away for four years for suffering a miscarriage should make your blood boil

Women are still being blamed for society’s problems with fertility

Rather than offering women ‘fertility seminars’, we should talk about the real barriers to parenthood for many young people, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

A new start after 60: ‘I had the most dishonest dark hair imaginable. So at 65 I shaved it all off’

When her daughter’s hair began to turn grey, Marsha Coupé decided she had to say goodbye to her own dyed locks. It was like being reborn

Fear on the ward: UK mothers threatened with social services for refusing maternity care

Women who refuse advice from health service staff say they are being coerced with threats of referrals to agencies and police

‘I haven’t looked back’: the women who discovered cycling in lockdown

Quieter lockdown roads inspired a 50% rise in women trying cycling in England. For some riders it turned into more than a new hobby

Texas anti-abortion law shows ‘terrifying’ fragility of women’s rights, say activists

Campaigners fear ban emboldens anti-choice governments as more aggressive opposition, better organised and funded, spreads from US

Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good

Women have long been taught to be ashamed of their vulvas, with increasing numbers turning to cosmetic surgery in pursuit of genital ‘perfection’. But a new generation is fighting back

The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress

The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapse