The pains and gains of breastfeeding
We’re all told that breastfeeding is the best start you can give your baby, but it can also be bloody agony – both physically and emotionally. So give new mothers a break
I’m not a ‘Nipple Nazi’, I’m a breastfeeding counsellor
My role is to support women who want to breastfeed, and respecting a woman’s choice not to. Because they’re her breasts
Women have the right to prenatal genetic testing – and to choose abortion
Many chromosomal abnormalities can be detected early on in the gestation period. But women who test for them often face judgement
For-profit breast milk? It’s her body, and it must be her choice
But selling breast milk is the inevitable result of telling women they’re creating ‘liquid gold’ with every pump.
The longer babies breastfeed, the more they achieve in life – major study
Brazilian study of 6,000 babies from all backgrounds since 1982 finds those who breastfed were more intelligent, spent longer in education and earned more
My friend breastfed my baby
Elisa Albert was struggling to breastfeed and her son was losing weight fast. When her friend offered to nurse him alongside her own baby, she was shocked. But what was stopping her?
Outlaw ‘designer vagina’ surgery, say MPs
Home affairs committee says FGM Act should be expanded to cover cosmetic procedures that have no medical purpose, though government says this is already covered in law
Thenmozhi Soundararajan: fighting the Dalit women’s fight with art and activism
The Dalit-American transmedia artist turns a critical lens on the intersection of caste discrimination and sexual violence in India
Facebook removes ‘feeling fat’ status option and emoji after campaign
Social network responds to petition from anti-body shaming group to get rid of status option and double-chin emoji
Teabags, makeup and sweets: women don’t need a care parcel for their periods
Your period is not your birthday and you don’t need to send yourself a present every month to celebrate it or ‘make yourself feel better’