‘There will be more deaths’: NGOs on Trump’s anti-abortion rule
We asked NGOs how the reinstatement of the ‘global gag’ rule will impact what they do, and the people they work with. Here are some of the responses
Calm down trendspotters – ‘lagom’ is not the new hygge
Living in Sweden, I have found the national concept of ‘just enough’ to be less a delightful lifestyle trend than a suffocating doctrine of Lutheran self-denial
Robots can take our jobs, but they will never render obsolete our love
Loose canon: Yes, a machine could technically breastfeed a child. But only a mother can provide that vital human expression of a love that overcomes exhaustion
Letter to my daughter: my hopes for 2017
A year ago anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein wrote to her teenage daughter about her hopes for her generation in 2016. She had no idea what was to follow
London FGM clinic to close after funding cut
Since opening in 2007, Acton clinic has seen more than 1,000 women and houses experts in the field of female genital mutilation
Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex
Belgian says she wants to rid stigma around condition in which people are born with mix of male and female sex characteristics
How risky are caesarean births?
This week an inquest found that Frances Cappuccini, a 30-year-old primary school teacher, died unnecessarily when a caesarean went wrong. What are the dangers – and the facts?
This Khloé Kardashian campaign finally strips ‘empowerment’ of all meaning
Protein World’s marketers may not be the first to cynically co-opt the word that once symbolised hope, but they have succeeded in reducing it to an empty husk
Women’s sport, space probes and protests – reasons to look forward to 2017
The turbulence of this year might seem set to continue well into the next, but there are good things to come too. From mass protests to comfort telly, there’s something for everyone – and lie-ins are positively encouraged
How I ended up in the jungle with deadly hornets in my hair
When a swarm of giant hornets descended upon me in West Papua I feared I was going to die. Fortunately, a local was at hand with an antidote. Or so I thought