Uterus transplants: ‘My sister gave me her womb’

Lolita Wästerlund is one of the first women in the world to have a uterine transplant. Now this pioneering surgery is coming to Britain. By Tim Lewis

The Sex Lives of English Women review – turkish delight fantasies and great ‘organisms’

Being ravished on Question Time, enjoying bondage in the pub, a nun who wants a threesome … Wendy Jones has given women the space to talk, but could have done much more

The problem with ‘being yourself’

‘Be yourself,’ we’re told… but that’s just another tyranny – and there’s nothing worse for our self-esteem, says Eva Wiseman

Book reviews roundup: The Essex Serpent; The Muse; The Middlepause: On Turning 50

What the critics thought of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, The Muse by Jessie Burton and The Middlepause: On Turning 50 by Marina Benjamin

Anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein: the women who made me

Leyla Hussein lists the women who made her the outspoken human rights activist she is today

FGM survivors on Cuttin’ It: ‘I remember that smell of disinfectant too’

Cuttin’ It is a play about British Somali girls and female genital mutilation. Three women who have been cut give their verdicts

Government cuts are brewing a sexual health crisis

Rising demand for sexual health care amid reduced budgets and privatisation puts further strain on an under-resourced sector

The Middlepause by Marina Benjamin and In My Own Times by Jane Miller – review

What does it mean to be middle-aged? Is 50 over the hill? An honest facing up to loss and sadness is an important theme in these valuable studies

Sadiq Khan moves to ban body-shaming ads from London transport

London mayor wants to stop running ads that promote unrealistic body expectations and demean women

Life is peddling misinformation with its online anti-abortion drive

The charity is launching a targeted web-based campaign. It’s entitled to its views, but discussion should be fact-based, not full of biased rhetoric