Women

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
A homeless women pictured going behind the bins to get some privacy while on her period
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

Homeless women need better support for their menstrual health – and it starts by talking openly about it
What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise
a woman sitting on the side of a road
Homelessness

What counting women sleeping rough in London taught me about Andy Burnham's homelessness promise

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: 'Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system'
Theatre

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: 'Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system'

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping
Ella Tritton

Women can't be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'
homelessness

Thousands of women are being missed while homeless on the streets: 'I was afraid to sleep'

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Pink Ladies: How an anti-migrant movement is hiding behind women's rights protests
Pink Ladies flag
Cat Linton, Monserrat Escudero and María Álvarez

Pink Ladies: How an anti-migrant movement is hiding behind women's rights protests

Greenham Women's Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years
Protest

Greenham Women's Peace Camp: The forgotten protest against nuclear weapons that lasted 19 years

'Every space I occupy, someone’s trying to push me out of it’
Comedy

'Every space I occupy, someone’s trying to push me out of it’

The manosphere isn’t just an online issue. It’s fuelling domestic abuse
Louis Theroux with Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky), in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
Emma Pickering and Meg Warren-Lister

The manosphere isn’t just an online issue. It’s fuelling domestic abuse

'Cruel' government crackdown on migrant women could leave them facing violence alone
anti violence against women graffiti says 'women deserve better'
women

'Cruel' government crackdown on migrant women could leave them facing violence alone

The most dangerous place for a woman is her home. Society must recognise it to bring change
Refuge's CEO Gemma Sherrington
Gemma Sherrington

The most dangerous place for a woman is her home. Society must recognise it to bring change

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'
Isobel
Menopause

Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: 'I felt like a shadow of myself'

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it
Laura McCarthy

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'
Posy Sterling
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'

Why the internet needs to be safer for women
a person typing ona keyboard
Leyla Buran and Professor Olga Jurasz

Why the internet needs to be safer for women

Can Labour's new code help child victims of crime get justice?
Violence against women and girls

Can Labour's new code help child victims of crime get justice?

My baby died before I even held them – and I was expected to carry on
Sam Naughton

My baby died before I even held them – and I was expected to carry on

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It's an ongoing cruelty
A woman facing homelessness in Leeds city centre.
Fraser Maclean

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It's an ongoing cruelty

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say
Domestic abuse

Ending violence against women and girls needs action, not words, campaigners say

Here's how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk's Grok and X – and what it would mean
Social media

Here's how the UK could actually ban Elon Musk's Grok and X – and what it would mean

I'm a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice
Valerie Lolomari

I'm a survivor of female genital mutilation. We must get serious about ending this practice

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I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I'm the first female Syrian refugee pilot
Refugees at Christmas

I came to Britain as a teenager. Now I'm the first female Syrian refugee pilot

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'
Arsenal's Emily Fox and Alessia Russo visit at the Community Hub at Emirates Stadium.
Women's football

Arsenal star Emily Fox on a year of progress in women's football: 'What does women's football not give you?'

The government's plan to protect domestic abuse survivors has big gaps
domestic abuse
Sue Harper

The government's plan to protect domestic abuse survivors has big gaps

Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings 'we cannot police our way out of crisis'
domestic abuse survivor/ silhouette of woman
Violence against women and girls

Young people to be taught about consent amid warnings 'we cannot police our way out of crisis'