Why should women run the gauntlet of harassment while out jogging?
There are fewer women than men playing regular sport and doing exercise. Is it any wonder when leering, lewd comments and worse are still rife?
Let’s celebrate Laura Wade-Gery for becoming a mother at 50
The Marks & Spencer executive is shunning the conventional motherhood timetable. Stop judging her and salute her as an inspiration
The ‘female Viagra’ is a turn-off. Here’s why
Flibanserin, a women’s sex drug, has been approved but I’m not celebrating. It’s yet another symbol of our acceptance that to desire and be desirable is the acme of fulfilment
Mothers facing C-sections look to vaginal ‘seeding’ to boost their babies’ health
Early studies show that swabbing a mother’s vagina and transferring it to her baby’s mouth, eyes and skin may stimulate microbiome development similarly to babies born naturally – and protect it from health issues later in life
FGM affects females in every local authority in England and Wales – study
Highest prevalence of women and girls affected by genital mutilation is in London, according to research which will increase pressure to tackle the issue
I’m 29: should I freeze my eggs?
Moya Sarner and her boyfriend both know they want children - just not yet. Should she join the growing number of women in their 20s considering egg freezing?
Learning to love our bodies
A young woman dies taking diet pills; girls as young as eight are dissatisfied with their bodies... Could raising awareness around obesity be triggering eating disorders, asks Eva Wiseman
Body image is a bigger issue than many people realise
The 25-year-old who forced Topshop into a U-turn over its use of ultra tall and skinny mannequins says the battle is not finished
If we know idealising thinness is silly, why do we keep on slating fat people?
Shoppers at the mall where Topshop’s unnaturally skinny mannequins sparked a social media furore earlier this week reflect on all the fuss
Universities and student victims of sexual assault
Letters: Suggesting that the university’s clinical practitioners are failing their institutional duty of pastoral care may deter exactly those students who most need the expert support and guidance that is available