Women’s health is having a moment. From social media feeds and most-shared podcasts to movies, TV and news headlines, conversations about breast cancer, menopause, hormone therapy and more are officially mainstream. Yet while it’s a welcome and long overdue cultural shift to see these once-taboo topics finally getting airtime, many clinicians say it comes with […]
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The cookies that fueled votes for women : NPR
Bake sales and cookbooks were fundraisers for women’s suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Recipes for treats like kiss cakes and ginger cookies were published in suffragist newspapers and cookbooks. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elizabeth Gillis/NPR The long fight for voting rights for women in America had some delicious twists. […]
Two marathon organisers arrested in Iran over women running without hijabs | Iran
Judicial authorities in Iran have arrested two organisers of a marathon held on an island off the country’s southern coast after images emerged showing women taking part in the race without hijabs. The arrests on Saturday come as the authorities face increasing criticism from ultraconservatives who accuse them of inadequate efforts to enforce a mandatory […]
Italy adds ‘femicide’ to the criminal code to curb violence against women | Women News
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has supported a bill to punish ‘femicide’ with life imprisonment. Published On 26 Nov 202526 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Italy’s parliament has formally added the crime of femicide – the deliberate killing of women and girls due to their gender – to its […]
Accused, shunned, exiled: The women banished to Ghana’s ‘witch camps’ | Women
Driven out of their homes Belief in witchcraft is deeply entrenched across Ghana, cutting through both rural and urban life, explains John Azumah, the director of the Sanneh Institute in Accra, a research centre, which has long supported survivors of witchcraft accusations and is part of a coalition pressing for legal and social reform. “It’s […]
Why women are hiding their boyfriends on social media
Tawana Musvaburi There are often signs her partner exists – like his hand in the corner of this photo – but Tawana never posts her boyfriend’s face on her socials Tawana Musvaburi’s 33,000 Instagram followers may feel like they know all about her life – but most don’t know what her partner looks like. There […]
Why the East Wing helped women thrive in the White House : NPR
A section of the East Wing of the White House is torn down in Washington on Oct. 22. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images When workers tore down the East Wing to make room for President Trump’s new ballroom earlier this month, several longtime White House staples were also lost: the […]