women's health
Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Meet the people helping homeless women get vital smear tests: ‘You’ve got to hear their voices’
Women facing homelessness often experience multiple barriers to getting cervical screenings – formerly known as smear tests – but specialist healthcare services are setting out to change that so that more women access this lifesaving test
Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
Buffer zones outside abortion clinics are step in right direction – but other problems persist
It is now illegal to influence, harass or provoke those using or delivering abortion services within a 150-metre radius of an abortion clinic
Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Harriet Wistrich’s new book, Sister in Law, describes some of the significant cases she has fought over three decades
Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
Period poverty: Homeless women forced to steal tampons or use old clothes as period products
‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’
‘The pain was too much’: Black woman says she almost died in childbirth due to ‘racial prejudices’
Letters: The poll tax riots worked. It’s time to re-harness the power of protest
Letters: The poll tax riots worked. It’s time to re-harness the power of protest
Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century
Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
‘This Victorian-era law isn’t fit for purpose’: Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?
‘This Victorian-era law isn’t fit for purpose’: Is abortion finally going to be decriminalised?
A mother felt ‘stripped of humanity’ when her baby was taken away. There was ‘no support’ from public services
A mother felt ‘stripped of humanity’ when her baby was taken away. There was ‘no support’ from public services
Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told
Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told
Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother
Thousands march for abortion reform on Saturday following jail sentence for mother
8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags
4 things bosses can do this International Women’s Day instead of pink logos and hashtags
‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
‘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?
Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?
What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
Book reviews: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, and The Drowned Forest by Angela Barry
