Happiness doesn’t make you live longer, survey finds
But on the upside, stress-related misery doesn’t kill you faster either, say researchers on the UK Million Women study
‘We bleed. Accept it and deal with it’: breaking India’s taboo on menstruation
Nikita Azad, an Indian student, is challenging the ‘retrogressive, barbaric and misogynist customs’ with her #HappyToBleed campaign
Humanitarian response treats women’s health ‘as an afterthought’, says the UN
UN population fund says in times of crisis, women and girls are left in precarious situation with lack of pregnancy, childbirth and family planning services
The Pirelli calendar‘s feminist makeover is nothing but lip service
A few beautiful shots of ‘real women’ and we’re supposed to forget about a fashion industry selling anorexia and self-hatred to our young girls
Activists call on Gambian president to pass FGM ban into law
Human rights experts say pressure must be kept up on Yahya Jammeh to ensure his announced ban becomes reality
How the Gambia banned female genital mutilation
President Yahya Jammeh’s move to outlaw FGM is the success of pressure from local activists and the Guardian’s global campaign to end the practice
For Colombia’s Emberá, telling outsiders about FGM is worse than cutting girls
FGM has long been commonplace among Colombia’s Emberá people, yet secrecy and speculation has enshrouded the tradition. Now the country is belatedly awakening to the possible extent of a previously hidden problem
Better care could save hundreds of babies from stillbirth, says report
There are more than 1,000 stillbirths each year and out of a sample of 85, researchers found failures in the pregnancy care of half of them
Pregnancy, the hardest race of all: ‘If miscarriage is so common, why does no one talk about it?’
Getting pregnant gave one runner a licence to relax – then, just before the 12-week scan, she lost the baby. She explains how she coped with her feelings of grief, anger and betrayal, and talks to Olympian Liz Yelling, who went through a similar experience
Adele: ‘I don’t let body image issues rule my life’
The singer, riding a wave of publicity ahead of her latest album, 25, calls for acceptance of individuality – and has words of praise for Beyoncé