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Human rights court hears seriously ill woman denied procedure as advocates call for change in region with world’s most restrictive abortion lawsHuman rights activists in Latin America hope that a historic court hearing over the case of a Salvadoran wom…
Report finds students from black Caribbean backgrounds in England ‘acutely’ underrepresented in StemChildren and young people from black Caribbean backgrounds are “acutely” underrepresented in the study of maths, science and technology in England at a…
TV personality clashes with women’s minister, who she says ‘couldn’t be bothered’ to attend committee sessionThe TV personality Carol Vorderman has said she is “disgusted” at the behaviour of government equalities ministers, whom she accused of ignorin…
Research finds use of progestogen is associated with a 20-30% higher risk but this falls after no longer taking itAll types of hormonal contraceptives carry a small increased risk of breast cancer, according to research establishing a link with progest…
Author of landmark report says Met can ‘no longer presume that it has the permission of the people of London to police them’Analysis: the fall of a British institutionCase study: ‘I’m scared of the police’Explainer: what Casey says about the MetThe Met…
The Motherhood Group event hears that black women suffer effects of unconscious bias within systemUnconscious bias in the UK healthcare system is contributing to the stark racial disparity in maternal healthcare outcomes, a conference has heard.The Bla…
Scottish first minister tells ITV show Loose Women she can be seen in a photo at the service ‘in a lot of pain’Scotland’s first minister has told of how she attended a memorial service while still having a miscarriage.Nicola Sturgeon has been open abou…
Lingerie and sex toy chain’s boss tapped into the female market by embracing Britain’s peculiar erotic humourAnn Summers supremo Jacqueline Gold dies aged 62When Jacqueline Gold arrived to shake up Ann Summers, the company had already been in the famil…
Businesswoman who turned sex toys and lingerie chain into household name had breast cancerJacqueline Gold, the businesswoman whose Ann Summers retail chain embraced a new wave of sexual liberation to make shopping for vibrators and lingerie an everyday…
Mixed group to take over duties of Escolania choir at Montserrat monastery one weekend a monthWomen and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the famous Escolania all-boys choir, for the first time in i…