Pregnancy at work is a constant struggle against misconceptions
‘The soaring double standards and unrealistic expectations faced by women go turbo when you throw expectant motherhood into the mix’
Getting it off my chest: life with big breasts
It used to be fun to be a 32GG. Oh, how the mighty have fallen
Australia’s first female genital mutilation trial: how a bright young girl convinced a jury
Three people have been convicted of FGM in a landmark trial in Australia. It was a complex case in which medical evidence was inconclusive, which meant the outcome turning on phone tapping – and also the testimony of two young girls
Female MPs call for breastfeeding to be allowed in House of Commons
Move may be ‘ridiculously controversial’ but it is necessary to get more women into parliament, says Labour MP Jess Phillips
Third of women feel embarrassed breastfeeding in public, survey finds
Public Heath England reveals one in five women believe others do not want them to breastfeed in public
‘It was the scariest thing I’ve ever done’: the Irish women forced to travel for abortions
Every year, thousands of women come from Ireland to England for abortions – illegal at home, and punishable in Northern Ireland by life imprisonment. These are their stories
FGM: healthcare professionals have a duty to protect girls
It is compulsory for regulated health professionals to inform the police every time a girl under 18 says she has had female genital mutilation
The ‘mommy wars’ are the patriarchy’s latest attempt to control women
The ‘end mommy wars’ advertisement shames mothers by insisting their beliefs are ‘judgments’ of other women. It is also infantalising and insulting
Outdated abortion laws create ‘medical tourism’ for interstate procedures
Lack of legislative uniformity may be forcing some women to travel interstate, says Medical Journal of Australia, as tests for foetal abnormalities improve
FGM: reporting of cases among children becomes mandatory
Health professionals, teachers and social workers obliged to report child FGM cases from next week but duty on GPs to record cases among adults sparks row