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Men and women often drink alcohol differently. This is especially the case for women who juggle both paid work and motherhood.
Britain’s first female F1 racing driver (and former Olympic skiier), Divina Galica.
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Only five female racing drivers have ever entered a world championship grand prix – of whom just two qualified and raced.
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I recently visited four historic houses in Victoria that are open to the public to get a better understanding of women who worked from home.
Women spinning and socialising. From Augustine’s La Cité de Dieu.
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The Distaff Gospels is a collection of advice around pregnancy, childbirth and health. It was shared between French women while spinning flax.
Immigrant women disproportionately work caring for children, elderly adults and people living with disabilities. At the same time, immigrant care workers earn low incomes and experience precarious employment.
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Research shows a classed and racialized divide among women caring for their children in Canada today. It’s a divide that is having a negative financial impact on immigrant women doing this work.
Women are just as interested in opportunities for advancement as men are. However, they find them less attainable because of their busy schedules.
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Women are increasingly present in top management positions, but they end up in so-called support functions, which rarely lead to CEO positions.
Polluting cooking fuels are still preferred in parts of Africa.
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Dust and traffic pollution add to the health hazard posed by some cooking fuels.
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Taiwan’s presidential candidates failed to address women’s interests and resonate with women voters.
Mothers play an outsized role in the formation of their daughters’ dietary habits.
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Adopting healthy behaviors and thought patterns around food and nutrition takes time and intentional effort. But it will lead to more lasting change and positive outcomes than quick-fix dieting will.
The front cover of the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Annual Report on Ethiopia.
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Donkeys provide vital support to women but their lives are often cut short.
Family caregivers may be less likely to turn to others when they need their own support.
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Family caregivers who have stronger support networks and positive communication with loved ones tend to be more resilient.
Shaming women for enjoying anal sex is damaging to their health, wellbeing and sexual autonomy.
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The stigma around anal sex is damaging for women – and diminishes their sexual autonomy
A woman walks in front of a collapsed building in Hatay province in southern Turkey.
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It has been one year since Turkey’s deadly earthquakes – the road ahead remains daunting.
A referendum will be held in March to widen the Irish constitution’s concept of women’s role in society.
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Ireland is to vote on modernising its conservative Catholic constitution in March.
Like natural hormones, known as endogenous hormones, the artificial hormones contained in the pill, known as exogenous hormones, can have effects on the brain.
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Oral contraceptives modify the menstrual cycle. What’s less well known is that they also reach the brain, particularly the regions important for regulating emotions.
The Ghost Reader.
Recovering Women’s Contributions to Media Studies is a new book which looks at the contributions of women in the media.
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Mae D Huettig, Romana Javitz and Shirley Graham DuBois were instrumental in their respective media fields but very few of us will be aware of their individual contributions.
Enacting a coercive control offence in France would be a significant advance in the equality agenda, would help protect 213 000 women, 82 % of whom are mothers, and their 398 310 children co-victims of domestic violence.
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The concept of “coercive control” reframes domestic violence as an attack on human rights and resources rather than an assault.
Pregnancy sickness is believed to affect 7 in 10 women.
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New research has uncovered the hormone that triggers morning sickness, offering hope for millions of women.
Lesley Parker
Through acts of covert resistance, women have been driving change in family relationships, women’s sexuality and reproductive issues, and women’s cultural identities.
Rural women are the primary producers of shea in northern Ghana.
Shea Network Ghana
Shea is a key economic crop for poor women in the northern parts of Ghana.