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

A week off from Facebook? Participants in Danish experiment like this

Group who quit site for a week felt less stressed and spoke more with family and friends face to face, in study by Danish Happiness Research Institute

Unhappy? Welcome to Bhutan – the nation of 90% joy

The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan was the first to measure happiness as an alternative to GDP. No wonder they’re so pleased

The threat to the Margaret Pyke Centre is a threat to women’s equality

A vital and ‘outstanding’ sexual health centre faces closure. This scandal shows how the life-saving, health and social benefits of birth control are taken for granted

If only more men could express emotion like Professor Green

Talking about his dad’s suicide moved the rapper to tears. But too many of us still think it’s not manly to talk about feelings – and the consequences can be deadly

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

Drug allegedly used as poison by serial killer suspect led to 20 deaths in 2014

GHB, the psychoactive drug popular within gay ‘chemsex’ scene, is easy to overdose on and responsible for growing list of fatalities, experts warn

Planned Parenthood: no Australian aid goes to programs selling aborted foetal tissue

International federation’s Australian office urges the federal government not to slash the budget for family planning programs in its aid budget

If 2014 was the year of mindfulness, 2015 was the year of fruitlessly trying to debunk it

Meditation is everywhere: on holiday packages, in clinics and in workplaces. But the backlash, questioning whether and why it works, misses the point

Leap of faith: why religious leaders have a moral duty to promote family planning

With lack of contraception claiming the lives of thousands of women and children annually, religious bodies must put their global reach to good use

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