6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (514+ words) The Tees Valley Women's Centre opened in 1987 A new mural chronicling the history of a women's centre and the community around the organisation has been unveiled. The 40ft (12m) artwork celebrating the past of the Tees Valley Women's Centre stretches along Upper…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (311+ words) Listen to Meera Syal's full interview on BBC Sounds. 'I measured myself through the aunties' Video, 00:01:46'I measured myself through the aunties' Up Next. Watch: Moment 64-year-old Nepali woman is found alive in mud-buried home. Video, 00:00:32Watch: Moment 64-year-old Nepali woman…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (549+ words) Sue Foster (pictured) died earlier this year A man whose wife died of breast cancer is encouraging women over 70 to request regular mammograms. Tony Foster, from Church Crookham in Hampshire, said his wife Sue had no symptoms before she had…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) 'I didn't give him up for adoption - he was taken' Video, 00:01:05'I didn't give him up for adoption - he was taken' Up Next. 'I'll never get over being forced to give up my baby' Video, 00:02:42'I'll never get over being…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (887+ words) Jenny said she had to leave "really early" to ensure she could have her baby boy in hospital "If we had waited, we probably would have had to have our baby in a car park." Jenny, who lives at Parracombe…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) Read the BBC's exclusive look at life under Taliban rule. Inside the Taliban: an 18-year-old woman's fight for divorce. Video, 00:01:38Inside the Taliban: an 18-year-old woman's fight for divorce Up Next. Is UK's Storm Shadow missile a game changer for Ukraine?...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (408+ words) Five years after the Taliban seized power from a US-backed government in Afghanistan, the BBC spent time with Taliban officials to see how the country is run. In one astonishing exchange, an 18-year-old woman who has accused her husband of…...