Employers must stop penalising women for having children
Why extending redundancy protections for expectant mothers and new parents is long overdue.
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The government is insulting women with its lack of menopause support
The UK’s 13 million menopausal women deserve better rights at work.
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Why are women still paying for HRT?
The government has made hormone replacement therapy cheaper, but any cost exacerbates the gender health gap.
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Is a feminist marriage possible?
A new history takes in everything from ancient Roman weddings to Don’t Tell the Bride to ask: can we redefine…
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How the Daily Mail blames women for the downfall of Tupperware – and everything else
The newspaper’s latest headline isn’t the first to hold female empowerment responsible for all the wrongs in the world.
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The limits of “female experience” TV
From Dreamland to The Power, shows are still signposting the astonishing revelation that women are complex people, too.
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Why women don’t date short men
Liberal young women have a prejudice we can't justify.
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The Policy Ask with Charlotte Alldritt: “There can be no going back on childcare reform”
The chief executive of the Centre for Progressive Policy on the vital importance of wraparound school provision, adult skills training…
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How much should we pay women for their eggs?
We have a choice: act as though women’s bodies are for sale, or under-compensate women who put their bodies on…
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The other side of the gas and air maternity scandal
Amid the righteous distress of pregnant women, we mustn’t forget that midwives are women too.
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Labour ignores young women’s health at its peril
A new breakthrough in treatment for endometriosis provides a welcome opportunity for the opposition – if it recognises it.
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Childcare costs are failing mothers and the economy
New figures show the cost of full-time childcare has reached £15,000, which could be pushing thousands more women out of…
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The Policy Ask with Laura Foster: “Why aren’t we doing everything we can to empower women to thrive?”
The policy lead at TechUK on reforming childcare, quantum technologies and being inspired by Chi Onwurah.
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Screw International Women’s Day
Its message is: many women sink, but some can still scramble their way to an air pocket; be grateful you’re…
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Could childcare win Labour the next election?
A new report shows the UK loses 1% of GDP to a childcare shortage as Labour pledges to “reimagine” the…
Kemi Badenoch refuses to outlaw menopause discrimination
The minister for women and equalities told MPs that she would not be adding any new protected characteristics to the…
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The real reason to worry about young people not getting married
Supporters of marriage should be more concerned about financial insecurity than a pernicious woke agenda.
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The uncomfortable truths of Hag feminism
Assertive older women are treated like they shouldn’t exist.
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Secrets of the womb
Leah Hazard’s new book shows how this complex, life-giving muscle has been maligned and misunderstood.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation marks the end of the feminist moment
In the wake of Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel and Sturgeon’s departures, we may see fewer women in power in the…
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