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Pride Month 2023: Everything there is to know
Pride month

Pride Month 2023: Everything there is to know

Pride month was declared in June after the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969. Here’s what you need to know.

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Festivals

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

Put more women in music line-ups and in your workforce if you want to keep female guests safe at festivals, a major European festival has told British MPs.

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
Menstruation

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career

Free period products, flexible working and additional breaks are the top three things employers can do to help people who menstruate manage their periods at work, according to new research from WaterAid.

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work
Employment

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work

Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’
Exclusive

Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’

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Which companies have improved their gender pay gap since last year’s International Women’s Day – and which haven’t?
Employment

Which companies have improved their gender pay gap since last year’s International Women’s Day – and which haven’t?

We asked leading figures in the fight for women’s equality what changes they want to see this International Women’s Day
International Women's Day

We asked leading figures in the fight for women’s equality what changes they want to see this International Women’s Day

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
Global solutions

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?

Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?
Oscars

Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Equality
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Equality

Can the BRIT Awards honestly say George Ezra is better than every female musician in the UK?
BRIT Awards

Can the BRIT Awards honestly say George Ezra is better than every female musician in the UK?

Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country
World Cup

Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners

Women’s Euro 2022: 5 teams to watch
Women's Euro 2022

Women’s Euro 2022: 5 teams to watch

Women’s Euro 2022: 5 players to watch
Women's Euro 2022

Women’s Euro 2022: 5 players to watch

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world
Abortion rights

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more
Abortion rights

Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform
LGBTQ+

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform

Stonewall calls ‘gay cake’ court loss ‘a backwards step for equality’
LGBTQ+

Stonewall calls ‘gay cake’ court loss ‘a backwards step for equality’

What can we learn from Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin?
Finland

What can we learn from Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin?

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Girls Night In: Drink spiking is just the tip of the iceberg for the UK’s misogyny problem
Joscelin Story

Girls Night In: Drink spiking is just the tip of the iceberg for the UK’s misogyny problem

Online harassment: ‘Society is blind to the hatred of women’
Film

Online harassment: ‘Society is blind to the hatred of women’

Only one in six women report serious sexual assault, ONS figures show
News

Only one in six women report serious sexual assault, ONS figures show

Pictures: Anger at police handling of Sarah Everard vigils across UK
News

Pictures: Anger at police handling of Sarah Everard vigils across UK