FGM: number of victims found to be 70 million higher than thought

Half of girls and women cut live in just three countries as Unicef statistics reveal shocking global scale of barbaric ritual

How your physical health controls your mental success

Mounting scientific evidence supports the link between exercise and cognitive function. Could the power in your muscles be your secret weapon at work?

Letter to my daughter: what is it like to be a girl in 2016?

Psychotherapist and anti-FGM campaigner shares her hopes and fears for all girls around the globe this year in a letter to her 13-year-old daughter

Zika outbreak raises fears of rise in deaths from unsafe abortions

Campaigners urge governments in Latin America to rethink bans on abortion and make contraception widely available

Breastfeeding could prevent 800,000 child deaths, Lancet says

Breastfeeding at risk from poor government policies, lack of support for mothers and aggressive formula milk industry, research finds

Family planning is ‘critical link’ in eradicating poverty

Reproductive health experts want more access to modern contraceptives to prevent population bulge that would undermine efforts to tackle global poverty

The secret sexual health doctor’s diary: ‘The waiting room is bursting at the seams’

A registrar working in a sexual health clinic offers a snapshot of her working week, from advising a 16-year-old girl with a newborn baby to introducing baffled students to the vaginal ring

Australia failing to adequately investigate stillbirths, researcher finds

Global study also reveals women from disadvantaged parts of the country are at twice the risk of having a stillborn baby than those from wealthier areas

World making barely any progress on preventing stillbirths, says Lancet

It will be more than 160 years before a woman in Africa has the same chance of her baby being born alive as a woman in a rich country, new research claims

Therapy helped me to love my baby after a traumatic pregnancy

Frightened and anxious, I found NHS help which gave me back my life. Cameron’s pledge for more support for mothers must be made a reality