women's health
Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: ‘I felt like a shadow of myself’
Nearly one in three women consider quitting jobs due to menopause: ‘I felt like a shadow of myself’
Isobel, a 49-year-old psychotherapist, shares her experience of suffering with menopause symptoms which forced her to step back from work
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government and National Lottery
The Big Issue has been investigating crisis pregnancy centres in the UK, which have been known to misinform women around abortion. Taxpayer money has gone towards funding some of them
What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
What is the truth about crisis pregnancy centres? The anti-abortion facilities creeping across Britain
Many faith-based crisis pregnancy centres are believed to offer an ‘ethical’ service, but there are some which have been found to be ‘misleading’ women. It is becoming increasingly difficult to tell which as centres may ‘hide their ideological aims’
Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back?
Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
I was made redundant while on maternity leave – it has scarred me for life
Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk
Revealed: How ‘sinister’ lack of access to surgical abortions puts lives at risk
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’
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
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
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
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
Abortion is not fully legal in the UK, despite what we may think. That needs to change.
Abortion is not fully legal in the UK, despite what we may think. That needs to change.
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
‘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
