Women

The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us | Arwa Mahdawi

by The Guardian | Aug 30, 2026 | Americas, Andrew Tate, Canada, Dolly Parton, Donald Trump, Florida, Israel, LGBTQ+ rights, Palestine, Surveillance, Texas, The Guardian, Trump administration, US news, US politics, Women | 0 |

Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratingsDon’t mention the war! Or the economy, for that matter. Or the Epstein files. Or Natalie Harp. Or “affordability”, which, as...

AI vaginas, customisable personalities and fake bruises: the sex doll market is booming. Does it matter how the dolls are treated?

by The Guardian | Aug 29, 2026 | Gender, Sex, Sexual consent, Sexual violence, Society, The Guardian, Women | 0 |

As the sex doll industry grows and AI changes the products available, what does it mean to engage in any kind of relationship with a woman-shaped thing?Two weeks ago, two distressed citizens stumbled across what they assumed was...

A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis

by The Guardian | Aug 21, 2026 | Biography books, Books, Culture, Jon Ronson, Life and style, Men, Society, Society books, The Guardian, US news, Women | 0 |

When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its ownerI awoke one morning in the summer of 2023 to discover...

‘I worry about our daughters’: Bridget Phillipson on online misogyny – podcast

by The Guardian | Aug 20, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Bridget Phillipson, British identity and society, Bullying, Climate crisis, Cyberbullying, Digital media, Internet, Labour, Media, Online abuse, Politics, Reform UK, Sexual harassment, Social media, Society, Technology, The Guardian, UK news, Violence against women and girls, Women | 0 |

Racism and misogyny are becoming normalised as a result of rightwing politics and the ‘cesspit’ of social media, says Labour’s Bridget Phillipson. In an extended interview, the minister for women and equalities and new party...

Racism and sexism have become normalised in Britain, says equalities minister

by The Guardian | Aug 20, 2026 | Andy Burnham, Bridget Phillipson, Conservatives, Digital media, Islamophobia, Labour, Media, Migration, Police, Politics, Race, Reform UK, Social media, Social media ban, Society, The Guardian, UK news, Violence against women and girls, Women | 0 |

Exclusive: Bridget Phillipson says politicians have helped fuel hatred and that police are not taking violence against women and girls seriously enoughUK politics live – latest updatesRacism and sexism have become normalised in...

Nothing less than radical whole-system change is required to fix the NHS’s maternity services | Julia Sanders

by The Guardian | Aug 17, 2026 | Childbirth, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Maternal mortality, NHS, Politics, Pregnancy, Society, The Guardian, Women, Yvette Cooper | 0 |

It’s vital that Yvette Cooper’s taskforce acts on the Amos and Ockenden reports – and puts the needs of women and families at the heart of maternity servicesIt is hard to find the words to describe the agony for those who have...

‘It was barbaric. I was crying my eyes out’: why are so many women left in agony by routine womb examinations?

by The Guardian | Aug 16, 2026 | Cervical cancer, Health, Health & wellbeing, Hospitals, Hysterectomy, Life and style, The Guardian, Women | 0 |

There are more than 70,000 hysteroscopies every year in England alone. The NHS calls them ‘low complexity’ – yet a shocking number of patients complain of inadequate pain relief and medical staff who refuse to take them...

I feel guilt talking to those left behind in Afghanistan. While I enjoy freedom, they are prisoners | Nelufar Hedayat

by The Guardian | Aug 15, 2026 | Afghanistan, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Violence against women and girls, Women, World News | 0 |

Five years since the Taliban returned to power, life – especially for women – is awful. We must keep the people’s stories alive and hope they will be free againThere are fewer and fewer stories coming out of the land of my...

‘Feminists need to push back’: how did the women’s movement become so divided – and how can it reunite?

by The Guardian | Aug 12, 2026 | Feminism, Life and style, Social media, Society, The Guardian, Women | 0 |

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...

‘Babies will be born in laybys’: maternity cuts leave women with stark choices in Devon

by The Guardian | Aug 10, 2026 | Devon, Health, Hospitals, NHS, Society, The Guardian, UK news, Women | 0 |

Concerns about feeling pressure to have caesarean section, or paying for hotel in Exeter after hospital in Barnstaple suspends birthing servicesFor mother-to-be Harriet Knight, the suspension of maternity services at one of...

‘We have to become warriors’: the fight to save the world’s only women’s sculpture park

by The Guardian | Jul 30, 2026 | Art, Art and design, Culture, London, Sculpture, TfL, The Guardian, Women | 0 |

With most monuments in London made by men, Claire Mander envisaged the Artist’s Garden as a way to redress the balance. Now, she says, it could be turned into a generic space for VIP events and cocktailsTen years ago, when...

‘Why are you doing this to me?’: how one woman survived two years of slavery on a Spanish farm

by The Guardian | Jul 30, 2026 | Europe, Forced labour, Global development, Human rights, Human trafficking, Migration and development, Modern slavery, Spain, The Guardian, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Fatima left her family behind in Morocco for seasonal work in Spain. But the dreams of a better life quickly turned into exploitation, squalid conditions and violenceAt the farm in the northwestern Spanish region of Castile and...

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