‘Wellness’ promises change without challenging anyone. That’s a fantasy
‘Self-love’ is being sold to women as a passive route to contentment – but we have every right not to accept the world as it is
What working as an FGM counsellor taught me about female sexuality
Counselling sessions with FGM survivors have led Leyla Hussein to think about the pressure the girls face in relation to their virginity
The female strength on display in Rio is worth getting excited about
For the first time in my life, watching these Olympics, I am consumed with female body envy. I wish I’d worked out, toughened up, added muscle
When I leave someone suicidal I’m scared they won’t be there the next day
From supporting a suicidal young man to being held at knife point by a child, social care professionals recount what keeps them up at night
Jack Urwin: ‘We don’t need to be the men our grandfathers were’
First book interview: The debut author’s study of ‘toxic masculinity’ was uncomfortable to write, but he says it’s fired with hope that clichéd male behaviour can be unlearned
First doctor convicted of FGM death in Egypt only spent three months in jail
Sohair al-Bata’a, 13, died after undergoing female genital mutilation by Raslan Fadl, who avoided serving most of his sentence by reconciling with her family
Female genital mutilation is never ‘minor’
A recent Economist editorial says some forms of FGM that cause no long-lasting damage should be permitted, but I know that the hurt lasts
‘There was no child, I told myself’: life and marriage after miscarriage
She knew many pregnancies ended this way. So why did her miscarriage make one mother feel so alone?
FGM campaigner Fahma Mohamed to receive honorary doctorate
Nineteen-year-old who led Guardian-backed campaign against the practice to be awarded doctor of law by Bristol University
Pregnant women wasting money on vitamin supplements, study says
Research claims multivitamins and minerals do not improve mothers’ or babies’ health and are an unnecessary expense