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Can you be a feminist and ... ?For many women, especially those who are not white or middle class, the debate over whether individual choices are empowering or not is stale and distracting
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Equality takes hold when women band togetherAll-female organisations are empowering, but it’s equally important that women infiltrate all-male bastions, says Katharine Whitehorn -
Staying healthy: why a fitness buddy is all you needYou’re much more likely to lose motivation if you exercise alone, according to research. From boxing to running to going to the gym, three writers on the joys of getting fit with their friends -
The standard advice – ‘don’t feed the trolls’, ‘it’s just a spotty teenager’ – is often well-meaning, but it normalises harassment and isn’t too helpful. So, what do you do?Eight things not to say to someone facing online abuse
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Blast off! Why has astronaut Helen Sharman been written out of history?Helen Sharman became the first Brit in space 25 years ago. She talks about those incredible eight days, withdrawing from the public eye – and whether Tim Peake stole her thunder
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What is it like to be a female board member in Britain?As new targets are set for increasing the number of women in boardrooms, we want to hear from those already in this position and those struggling to get in
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It’s not just lower pay and pensions that make women poorer than men. Growing evidence shows unwanted pregnancy due to a lack of family planning services is a major factorLack of access to abortion leaves women in poverty
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Endo What? trailer: 'I went 18 years thinking this pain was normal' – videoEndo What? starts with a simple fact: one in 10 women suffer from a disease that most people have never heard of
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Transport for London ad targets unwanted sexual behaviour – videoTransport for London’s powerful Report It to Stop It campaign ad highlights the different types of unwanted sexual behaviour and encourages victims to report the act
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Polish women walk out of church service in protest against abortion ban – videoA group of Polish women walk out of a church service in protest at a potential tightening of the country’s abortion laws
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Anne-Marie Slaughter: ‘Care is not a woman’s job any more than breadwinning is a man’s’The feminist politics professor, 57, on her Belgian grandparents, seeing beauty in a puddle, and her sons wanting to be artists
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The year in sexism: how did women fare in 2015?Over the past 12 months, women ‘ruined Fifa’ and were told that not doing enough housework was making them fat. From Nigel Farage making a boob of himself to the supposed death of feminism, here’s a look at 2015’s most misogynist moments
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MP Jess Phillips: ‘You have to be a remarkable woman to get to the top … average men get there all the time’She’s unfazed by threats from the men’s-rights lobby, unafraid to speak her mind about Corbyn’s shadow cabinet and will ‘have a word’ with Seumas Milne about his friendship with George Galloway. We meet the Labour MP
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Misogynoir: where racism and sexism meetActivists argue that prejudice against black women is ignored by mainstream feminism. What are the corrosive stereotypes behind it?
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When women dominate the room why do we thank men for letting us be there?I know from my standup experience that women communicate differently to men in many situations. Until we stop thanking men for letting us have our voice, we won’t be heard
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A day in the life of a female glass blowerGemma Truman is one of a handful of female glass blowers. She explains why it’s not all time spent in front of a furnace and how, even as a creative, the admin piles up
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Fade to grey: why women should stop dyeing their hair