Women

Women who don’t come forward for cervical cancer screening to be offered home tests
Women who don't come forward for cervical cancer screening will be offered home-testing kits as part of the government's new 10-year health plan.The Department of Health and Social Care...

Met Police launches patrols to protect women and girls from violence at concerts
The Metropolitan Police has introduced patrols aimed at keeping women and girls safe at concerts.The new patrols come ahead of 51 large-scale music events due to take place in...

UN: Eight out of 10 young Afghan women excluded from education, work
Almost 80% of all women under 30 years old are excluded from education or work under the Islamist Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a report by the United Nations released...

The women at the centre of Somalia’s construction boom
Construction is booming in Somalia's capital city and as Mogadishu literally rises from the ashes of its violent past it is also giving unexpected opportunities to women like Fathi...

What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?
“Girl on Girl,” by the critic Sophie Gilbert, is the latest and most ambitious in a series of consciousness-raising-style reappraisals of the decade’s formative texts. Source link

Iran’s Daughters of the Sea
They have worked in defiance of Iran’s labor laws, which stipulate that “women shall not be employed to perform dangerous, arduous or harmful work.” For decades, the government failed...

New three-drug combination could help women with aggressive breast cancer live longer, study suggests
A new three-drug combination could help women with a common form of aggressive breast cancer live longer, a study has suggested.The trial, which included 325 patients from across 28...

South Africa police target gang kidnapping women in shopping centres
South African police hunting the culprits in the recent murder of a university student say they have broken up a gang targeting women in shopping centres.Olorato Mongale's body was...

Can the Southern Baptist Convention Survive Without Women Pastors?
In a few weeks, members of Southern Baptist churches from across the country will convene in Dallas for their annual convention. These gatherings, which attract thousands of people each...