1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (226+ words) Just a few years ago, women would fight for other women whatever their background or politics. Today, many loudly dismiss the struggles of those who are not like them. But the solidarity is still there, if you look hard enough…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1259+ words) In today’s newsletter: Persistent gaps in maternal health outcomes have long been documented​, but now a growing body of evidence suggests that ​racism and deprivation have profound consequences for pregnancy and birth Good morning. Researchers have long known that women…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago   (240+ words) Bad actors have treated equality as a zero sum game, with women falsely portrayed as ‘winning’. Feeling they have to compete, young men are lashing out Other surveys show a more complex picture, where young men’s desires don’t necessarily align…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (660+ words) Experts describe increase as ‘absolute tragedy’ after data shows rate jumped despite Conservatives vowing to halve it The rate of women dying during or soon after pregnancy in the UK has increased by 20% over the last decade, despite the Conservatives…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (335+ words) Sue O’Sullivan and Miriam David on being part of the women’s liberation movement, in response to a long read by Susanna Rustin on the Sex Discrimination Act. Plus a letter from Paul F Faupel We write as “members” of the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (492+ words) In the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth remembering Celia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section of the…...