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For women, this election could be a matter of life or death

‘This can’t go on’ — The next government urgently needs to commit to funding domestic abuse services, writes Adina Claire of Women’s Aid.

  • Opinion
  • Adina Claire

A history of female gazes in African portraiture

The way she looks — A new exhibition explores the role of women as both subject and photographer, spanning the 19th century to the present day.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Polyester releases zine on reproductive justice

Saving ourselves — To celebrate its fifth birthday this month, Polyester is releasing four special-edition zines focused on beauty, masculinity and reproductive rights.

  • Activism
  • Huck

Private women’s clubs are a crass capitalist con

What The Wing gets wrong — The Wing, which opened in London this week, is an exclusive members club that promises to help women ‘thrive’ and ‘connect’ with each other. It seems like they’re wildly missing the point, argues Dawn Foster.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

A portrait of womanhood in the Soviet Bloc

Agony and ecstasy — Dana Kyndrová’s portraits chronicle the highs and lows of life in former Czechoslovakia, from Communist rule to the Velvet revolution.

  • Photography
  • Cassidy George

The women taking on France’s femicide problem

‘This is an emergency’ — The nameless movement has been plastering urgent messages on walls across the country, to draw attention to a rising tide of violence again women: ‘Our objective is simple: for the deaths to stop.’

  • Activism
  • Peter Yeung

When it comes to periods, hygiene is a dirty word

#HealthNotHygiene — Women across the world are made to feel dirty or shameful for menstruating, and the language we use is partly to blame. Changing the way we talk may finally help shift the stigma, argues #HealthNotHygiene convenor Josie Parmee.

  • Opinion
  • Josie Parmee

Why men are experts and women are confessional

The media’s big problem — The Caroline Calloway story shows that young women are being forced to plunder their personal lives for content. It’s time we broke the pattern, argues Dawn Foster.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

How Lisa Taddeo uncovered the truth about women and sex

‘Everyone’s pathetic’ — In her groundbreaking new book, Three Women, the author explores the darkest depths of feminine desire – as well as the pain, passion and shame that comes with it.

  • Books
  • Dominique Sisley

The alternative death centre helping you go out in style

Knocking them dead — From leopard print coffins to environmentally friendly ceremonies, Arka is the women-led funeral home changing the way we deal with the death process.

  • Activism
  • Niloufar Haidari

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