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I was ashamed of what I found in my knickers until I learned the truth

Health November 1, 2024 By Sharan Dhaliwal

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in front of buildings and with money

Rachel Reeves needs to tackle one major issue, according to women in finance

Lifestyle October 30, 2024 By Courtney Pochin

A group of Afghan women clad in burqas walk towards a market in Ghazni, 04 August 2007. Afghanistan's Taliban are holding out for a neutral venue for talks with South Korea over the fate of 21 hostages they are threatening to kill.The Al-Qaeda-backed militants, who are demanding that some of their men are freed from jail in exchange for the captives, have agreed to talks with the South Koreans, but are refusing to meet them in government-controlled territory.The South Korean aid workers, most of whom are female, are said to be ill after being held for more than two weeks in sweltering southern Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Images)

Taliban bans women from hearing each other

World October 30, 2024 By Brooke Davies

Saoirse Ronan looking serious on the right and Paul Mescal smiling on the left – both appearing on The Graham Norton Show

Saoirse Ronan's truth bomb reveals men like Paul Mescal have lots to learn

TV October 28, 2024 By Sabrina Barr

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Thank you, Gisele Pélicot - I'll call you brave no matter what you say

World December 20, 2024 By Emily Bashforth

Women work in a low cost sanitary napkin factory in Shatkhira, Bangladesh on 24th October, 2021 (Photo by Mushfiqul Alam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Girls so worried about hygiene they’re stopping their periods on purpose

World October 20, 2024 By Jen Mills

when Icelandic woman strike for more rights; Shutterstock ID 661206; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

This is what happened when thousands of women refused to work in Iceland

World October 21, 2024 By Kirsten Robertson

Girl, 19, had her face ‘bitten off’ by stranger on bus in front of passengers

UK October 18, 2024 By Laura Brick

Suzie, left, and Myriam, right, created Minerva from their kitchen table

Dismissed by doctors I made my own menopause supplement from my kitchen table

Health October 24, 2024 By Deborah Arthurs

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks along with his daughter Ivanka Trump (R) and NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins (not seen), during a video conference with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station in the Oval Office at the White House April 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Molly Riley-Pool/Getty Images)

Donald Trump says his daughter Ivanka 'drove me crazy' over one thing

US October 17, 2024 By Jessica Kwong

A composite graphic showing a hand gripping onto a mattress. The bed is surrounded by a kaleidoscope of pink and orange

The 'hedonistic' sexual desire millions of women are too afraid to explore

Sex October 16, 2024 By Alice Giddings

Bare feet crossed over each other in shower

Pee in the shower? This concerning side effect will make you think twice

Health October 15, 2024 By Lillie Rohan

Michaella Mazzoni and an illustration of a woman with abdominal pain

My period pain was debilitating at school — we need to take young women more seriously

Health October 13, 2024 By Courtney Pochin

Minreet takes a selfie with her mum and some other women - Minreet and her mum are wearing bright orange t-shirts that read 'asian women run'

I felt like I stood out like a sore thumb until I met 4 other women

Health October 5, 2024 By Minreet Kaur

A black adult female using London Underground to return home after a long day at work. She looks serious and tired. In her hands, there is a smartphone. In the background there is a train in motion blur.

Worrying new research reveals what 'women and girls know to be true in London'

UK October 4, 2024 By Sarah Hooper

Feeling Down

There are 48 signs of menopause - but a third of women can only name three

Health October 3, 2024 By Claie Wilson

Nottingham Forest v Arsenal FC - Premier League

Men have taken over and are 'dominating' women's football, says trailblazing pundit

Football October 3, 2024 By Louis Sealey

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I’m a female pilot but I get mistaken for cabin crew every single day

Travel September 28, 2024 By Courtney Pochin

Eleanor Segall Mandelstam - I'm 35 - a recent PCOS diagnosis might mean I'll never have a baby

I came off the pill after 15 years and started getting long-hidden symptoms

Health September 28, 2024 By Eleanor Segall Mandelstam

Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV/REX/Shutterstock (14396311n) Ferne McCann. 'Ferne McCann: My Family & Me' TV Show, Series 2, Episode 1, UK - 27 Mar 2024 Ferne McCann: My Family & Me, is a British ITV reality tv programme and sequel to the former TOWIE (The Only Way is Essex) star Ferne McCann?s First Time Mum series. The series name change comes following the birth of Ferne's second child earlier this year, Finty Francis Haines-McCann, who she welcomed with fianc? Lorri Haines. Ferne also has daughter Sunday, five. The new series continues to follow Ferne on her journey through motherhood, raising her daughters, while her honeymoon period with Lorri comes to an abrupt end as tensions rise while the couple set out their new business venture.

ITV has no interest in single women like me

TV September 30, 2024 By Josie Copson

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