6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (339+ words) 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 Albion Street in South Bank near Middlesbrough....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (369+ words) 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 the test, which can detect early signs…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (386+ words) An NHS doctor and car lover said she is on a mission to empower women to become more car literate so they can fix their own vehicle problems if they get into vulnerable situations. Louise Willcott, 31, said her love of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (553+ words) "If we had waited, we probably would have had to have our baby in a car park." Jenny, who lives at Parracombe on the Devon side of Exmoor, gave birth at a hospital more than one hour away after the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (19+ words) BBC Inside the Taliban: an 18-year-old woman's fight for divorce...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (385+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) Datshiane Navanayagam discusses the impact of toxic masculinity in South Africa and South Korea. The United Nations has raised concern about online communities promoting misogynistic and anti-feminist views saying they’re a serious threat to gender equality. Kutlwano Mokgwathi is a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1670+ words) Research suggests that naturism, the practice of non-sexual social nudity, can help people improve their body image. Naturists and experts tell the BBC how it works. Helen Berriman believes she would have had a "much better understanding" of her body…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (96+ words) BBC How digital platforms could help overcome health stigmas Paid and presented by Kearney and MSD. How can healthcare options better reflect women's lived realities? For medical director Hema Divakar and Global Lead of Healthcare and Sciences Paula Bellostas Muguerza,…...