Women

How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered
Activism

How Mexico’s women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered

Since 2021, 3 November has been unofficially known as Day of the Dead Women. Hundreds of women carry white crosses inscribed with the names of the missing and dead

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
Books

The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family

What happens when well-behaved middle-aged women suddenly ache to test new waters

‘It’s like a death sentence when I’m not guilty’: How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer
Prisons

‘It’s like a death sentence when I’m not guilty’: How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer

Lack of medication, poor hygiene and lack of privacy – the grim reality of cancer in prison

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget
Ignacia Pinto

Rachel Reeves must put money where her mouth is and end austerity’s grip on women in autumn budget

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Asylum seekers

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women

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There could be more than 5,000 women sleeping rough in England. We must find them
Liz Rutherfoord and Nahar Choudhury

There could be more than 5,000 women sleeping rough in England. We must find them

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less
The North

Women in North of England live shorter lives, more likely to be in poverty and work harder for less

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them

Domestic abuse soars by 38% when England lose. This Euros, we need change
Teresa Parker

Domestic abuse soars by 38% when England lose. This Euros, we need change

Women and girls across Britain are in crisis. The next government must act – and fast
Indy Cross

Women and girls across Britain are in crisis. The next government must act – and fast

Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
Homelessness

Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products

We need more women MPs – but we can’t just expect women to stand for election. We must act
Lyanne Nicholl

We need more women MPs – but we can’t just expect women to stand for election. We must act

Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks
Homelessness

Number of women sleeping rough on England’s street may be nine times higher than government thinks

Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley
Books

Top 5 books about women and water, chosen by The Tidal Year author Freya Bromley

Police failings over Sarah Everard’s killer shows how we’re still failing survivors of sexual offences
Verity Nevitt

Police failings over Sarah Everard’s killer shows how we’re still failing survivors of sexual offences

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis
Mother's Day

How baby banks are fighting child poverty and empowering mums in the cost of living crisis

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?
Amy Bowdrey

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?

Domestic abuse is escalating in the cost of living crisis. We need urgent change
Abigial Ampofo

Domestic abuse is escalating in the cost of living crisis. We need urgent change

We need to stop hoping for a cure and prevent women and girls from facing poverty and abuse
Indy Cross

We need to stop hoping for a cure and prevent women and girls from facing poverty and abuse

Banks must stop financing oil and gas as women face the worst impacts of the climate crisis
Zahra Hdidou

Banks must stop financing oil and gas as women face the worst impacts of the climate crisis

‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot
Sport

‘We felt like absolute stars’: Behind the 1971 women’s football World Cup the world forgot

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‘There was no way out’: Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution
Cost of living crisis

‘There was no way out’: Survivors of domestic abuse forced to stay with abusers or face destitution

France just made abortion a constitutional right – so why is UK’s abortion law so backward?
Abortion

France just made abortion a constitutional right – so why is UK’s abortion law so backward?

I felt thoroughly British as a teen – until I put on a hijab and became visibly Muslim
Nadeine Asbali

I felt thoroughly British as a teen – until I put on a hijab and became visibly Muslim

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’
Health

Women share harrowing accounts of painful NHS hysteroscopies: ‘I begged the doctor to stop’