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The woman in 10 Hours Walking in NYC: ‘I got people wanting to slit my throat’

Hermione Hoby: The video exposing 10 hours of sexual harassment in New York in October has now had nearly 40m hits. But what was the impact on struggling actor Soshana Roberts?

The woman in 10 Hours Walking in NYC: ‘I got people wanting to slit my throat’
Clara Amfo on taking over the Radio 1 chart show: ‘I’m smiling a lot’

Just 15 months after joining the BBC, the 28-year-old broadcaster has been announced as the new host of the iconic Official Chart Show. She talks to Bim Adewunmi

Clara Amfo on taking over the Radio 1 chart show: ‘I’m smiling a lot’

What can we do to improve female representation in politics?

Bim Adewunmi: A new report suggests that bruising election campaigns are putting women off standing for parliament, while Rwanda is blazing a trail with legislated quotas

What can we do to improve female representation in politics?
Girls allowed: the entrepreneur helping migrant women start food businesses

Behind the scenes: Niki Kopcke, founder of Mazí Mas

Girls allowed: the entrepreneur helping migrant women start food businesses
Christmas: the season for bells, baubles and blaming victims of sexual assault

Laura Bates: Campaigns that make it the responsibility of women to avoid sexual assault at parties only entrench damaging stereotypes

Christmas: the season for bells, baubles and blaming victims of sexual assault
The end of an era as supersized Katie Price goes back to 32B

Bim Adewunmi: The glamour model formerly known as Jordan has undergone breast reduction surgery – and she’s leading a trend for women to go smaller

The end of an era as supersized Katie Price goes back to 32B

Alia Atkinson wins a new world record – and a first for a black woman

Bim Adewunmi: The Jamaican 100m breaststroke swimmer has double cause to celebrate after her record-breaking win at the Fina World Swimming championships

Alia Atkinson wins a new world record – and a first for a black woman
Domestic gods: how a manservant could change your life

What women in San Francisco want – apparently – and will pay top dollar for, is a perfect gentleman who will cater to their every non-sexual whim. Ann Friedman hires a manservant

Domestic gods: how a manservant could change your life
It’s hard to cope with my pregnant wife being so irritable

A man with a short-tempered wife, about to give birth to their second child around Christmas, bemoans his lot. Mariella Frostrup rediscovers her own inner grumpy feminist

It’s hard to cope with my pregnant wife being so irritable
The £400 Christmas present that you might want to think about buying yourself

Nicola Davis looks at the HPV vaccine and considers if women over 18 should be thinking about getting themselves a jab - if they can afford it that is

The £400 Christmas present that you might want to think about buying yourself
Call the midwife - no surprises for this mother who says home birth is best

Kate Edgley was amazed to be asked if she would consider a home birth for her second child after having had complications with her first, but she was very glad to have been given the option

Call the midwife - no surprises for this mother who says home birth is best
Mindy Lahiri: the greatest TV character of the year?

Nosheen Iqbal: Like all great sitcom characters, Dr Lahiri is deluded, egotistical – and very funny. The only difference is that she is a woman

Mindy Lahiri: the greatest TV character of the year?
Fairlife’s new milk adverts are unoriginal and tediously sexist

Featuring naked pin-up girls cavorting in milk, these ads are just another example of the sexualisation of women for commercial gain, writes Laura Bates

Fairlife’s new milk adverts are unoriginal and tediously sexist
The history of feminine hygiene products is far from peachy

Liz Cookman: the announcement of a probiotic supplement that would make vaginas smell like peaches was erroneous, but there’s a long history of companies using science to sell unnecessary vag-products

The history of feminine hygiene products is far from peachy
‘I don’t worry much about my chromosomes’: female MPs talk about life in parliament

Fewer than one in four MPs is a woman. Chloe Smith, Margaret Hodge, Rushanara Ali and Caroline Lucas explain what it means to be a woman in the House of Commons

‘I don’t worry much about my chromosomes’: female MPs talk about life in parliament
What do the Masai in Tanzania and tenants on Hoxton’s New Era estate have in common?

Michele Hanson: both face eviction by Christmas. Is it any wonder the news is getting me down?

What do the Masai in Tanzania and tenants on Hoxton’s New Era estate have in common?
How the police are letting sexual assault victims down

Laura Bates

A new report shows that 26% of all sexual offences reported to the police are not recorded as crimes

How the police are letting sexual assault victims down
Childbirth simulator shock pads help men experience mothers' pain - video

A hospital in eastern China offers fathers-to-be a chance to experience the pain of childbirth using pads that induce an electric shock

Childbirth simulator shock pads help men experience mothers' pain - video
Meet Lammily – the doll with normal body, spots and cellulite

Crowdfunder launches doll based on proportions of average 19-year-old woman’s body, with optional extra ‘physical flaws’

Meet Lammily – the doll with normal body, spots and cellulite
Julien Blanc barred from entering UK

US pick-up artist believed to have been told his application for a British visa has been rejected, the Guardian has learned

Julien Blanc barred from entering UK

Alia Atkinson wins a new world record – and a first for a black woman

Bim Adewunmi: The Jamaican 100m breaststroke swimmer has double cause to celebrate after her record-breaking win at the Fina World Swimming championships

Alia Atkinson wins a new world record – and a first for a black woman
- Sexual harassment part of daily life for British girls, says Girlguiding UK
  
  Laura Bates: Sixty per cent of girls and young women aged 13 to 21 reporting sexual harassment at school or college, according to the Girls’ Attitudes Survey. More must be done to tackle this widespread problem
  
  Sexual harassment part of daily life for British girls, says Girlguiding UK
- Fairlife’s new milk adverts are unoriginal and tediously sexist
  
  Featuring naked pin-up girls cavorting in milk, these ads are just another example of the sexualisation of women for commercial gain, writes Laura Bates
  
  Fairlife’s new milk adverts are unoriginal and tediously sexist
- The history of feminine hygiene products is far from peachy
  
  Liz Cookman: the announcement of a probiotic supplement that would make vaginas smell like peaches was erroneous, but there’s a long history of companies using science to sell unnecessary vag-products
  
  The history of feminine hygiene products is far from peachy

How the police are letting sexual assault victims down

Laura Bates

A new report shows that 26% of all sexual offences reported to the police are not recorded as crimes

How the police are letting sexual assault victims down
Male TV presenter wears same suit for a year – does anyone notice?

Australian TV anchor Karl Stefanovic has been wearing the same blue suit to make a point about the ways in which his female colleagues are judged. What we learned hardly came as a surprise – but it can’t be said enough, writes Bim Adewunmi

Male TV presenter wears same suit for a year – does anyone notice?
Why don’t TV shows and newspapers cater to half their audience – women?

From Dapper Laughs’ TV show to the Sun’s ‘date with a Page 3 girl’ prize, too much media and culture is created without women in mind. It doesn’t have to be this way, says Laura Bates

Why don’t TV shows and newspapers cater to half their audience – women?
Stop telling women how to feel about street harassment

Laura Bates: Focusing on the response of the victim rather than dealing with the perpetrator will not solve the problem

Stop telling women how to feel about street harassment
A female Doctor is only a matter of time

Now that the Master has become the Mistress, it can’t be long before we see a woman playing the Doctor. Who would you cast? Mathilda Gregory is backing Tilda Swinton

A female Doctor is only a matter of time
Woman receives rape threats after recording 10 hours of harassment in New York

Actor Shoshana B Roberts recorded all the catcalls and remarks she got from passersby as she walked for 10 hours through New York

Woman receives rape threats after recording 10 hours of harassment in New York
Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh: Ebola victim and everyday hero

Tolu Ogunlesi: The doctor prevented the spread of Ebola in Nigeria – and paid with her life. Now we should honour her, and the other health workers whose dedication is inspirational

Dr Stella Ameyo Adadevoh: Ebola victim and everyday hero
Advice columns: comfort blankets in the scary world of adulthood

The markers of adult life are shifting – no wonder we’re turning to agony aunts and uncles for guidance. Isabelle O’Carroll reports

Advice columns: comfort blankets in the scary world of adulthood
Sexual consent classes at Oxbridge: ‘I feel safer in college after doing this’

This term, compulsory workshops on the issue of sexual consent have been introduced at Oxford and Cambridge. A fresher and a facilitator share their experiences

Sexual consent classes at Oxbridge: ‘I feel safer in college after doing this’
10 things female students shouldn’t have to go through at university

Laura Bates: As a new university year dawns, there are the depressingly familiar reports of misogynistic behaviour. Should young women really have to endure this to get a degree?

10 things female students shouldn’t have to go through at university
A men-only UN conference on gender equality? If only it was a joke

Erica Buist: Has feminism advanced so far that women’s voices no longer need to be heard? The decision not to invite any female speakers smacked of missing the point

A men-only UN conference on gender equality? If only it was a joke
When will we stop calling successful women ‘abrasive’?

A study of work appraisals shows that personal criticisms are levelled at women far more than men. And it’s just one example of how society tries to bring high-flying women down to earth, writes Laura Bates

When will we stop calling successful women ‘abrasive’?
Is Meghan Trainor's uber-hit All About That Bass anti-feminist?

Beejoli Shah: Is the song, which crashed into the singles chart on Sunday, actually bad for women?

Is Meghan Trainor's uber-hit All About That Bass anti-feminist?

My family has always been mixed race. But it has never been post-racial

Ramou Sarr

Ramou Sarr: I was always terrified that my white nephew would grow up to be a racist. The events in Ferguson tested our relationship to its breaking point

My family has always been mixed race. But it has never been post-racial
Bill Cosby's wife wants to know who the real victim is. There are all too many options

Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti: People tell themselves the most outrageous stories, just so they can keep living their lives – even just to make it to the next day

Bill Cosby's wife wants to know who the real victim is. There are all too many options
No, we don't literally want to ban men. But 2014 was the year women got even

Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman: You guys have been powerful long enough. As our half-serious whisper rose to a roar, we found that being angry together – online – was so much better than being scared alone

No, we don't literally want to ban men. But 2014 was the year women got even
From Ferguson to New York, women are leading protests because all #BlackLivesMatter

Hannah Giorgis

Hannah Giorgis: When our humanity is defined not solely by proximity to whiteness or manhood, black people are closer to freedom and justice

From Ferguson to New York, women are leading protests because all #BlackLivesMatter

You don't need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy!

Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti: Rape is an epidemic now: we may not be able to change the culture overnight, but trained bystanders just might be able to prevent an attack

You don't need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy!
Woman seeking man with GSOH for better sex

Andrew Brown

Andrew Brown: According to a new study, women have better orgasms if their lover is rich, handsome and has a good sense of humour

Woman seeking man with GSOH for better sex
Beverly Johnson is the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby. Are you ready to believe women's stories?

Sara Benincasa

Sara Benincasa: We’re essentially programmed to doubt rape victims’ stories if those stories involve ‘respected’ individuals. But two, three, four, five, 17 women?

Beverly Johnson is the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby. Are you ready to believe women's stories?
It’s confirmed – men are mesmerised by high heels. Except me, that is

Ally Fogg

Ally Fogg: You told us: I cannot understand why these instruments of torture are so irresistible to straight men. Give me a woman in DMs any day

It’s confirmed – men are mesmerised by high heels. Except me, that is
Kidnapped, raped and left for dead: who will protect Ethiopia's girls?

Rediet Wegayehu

Rediet Wegayehu: Gender-based violence is rampant, yet rather than equip NGOs to provide support, the law has all but crippled women’s rights organisations

Kidnapped, raped and left for dead: who will protect Ethiopia's girls?
Why are 'psychoneurotic' feminists who dress their kids in nappies making men so upset?

Catharine Lumby

Parenting issues, which have long been quarantined to the private sphere, have erupted into the male-dominated public space. It seems to be upsetting the men

Why are 'psychoneurotic' feminists who dress their kids in nappies making men so upset?
No, I will NOT wrap all the presents. Why are women still responsible for the holiday joy?

Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti: The holidays bring another set of gendered expectations. This season should be all fun and family, not enduring more chores and consumerism

No, I will NOT wrap all the presents. Why are women still responsible for the holiday joy?
Rolling Stone threw a rape victim to the misogynist horde

Lindy West

In trying to distract from its shoddy journalism, Rolling Stone has made Jackie an anti-feminist rallying point – bogus proof that women lie about rape to ruin men’s lives, writes Lindy West

Rolling Stone threw a rape victim to the misogynist horde
Know your history? From Victorians to housewives, five myths exposed

Julia Laite

Julia Laite: Now that the violent image of the Vikings has been debunked, it’s time to look at a few other popular history misconceptions

Know your history? From Victorians to housewives, five myths exposed
I'm a victim of sexual assault and the law failed. How many of us must speak out for you to believe?

Megan Carpentier

Megan Carpentier: Yes, Virginia, there is a system of injustice

I'm a victim of sexual assault and the law failed. How many of us must speak out for you to believe?
Who is Jackie? Rolling Stone's rape story is about a person – and I believe her

Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti: No matter how the frenzy of denial ends, there is a reason that people believe this young woman: because there are too many people like her

Who is Jackie? Rolling Stone's rape story is about a person – and I believe her
Women! Stop being so ostentatious

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: So Nigel Farage thinks breastfeeding mothers should go and sit in the corner. But why stop there if you don’t want women to offend?

Women! Stop being so ostentatious
Yes, let's discuss lad culture – but don't let university leaders off the hook

anonymous academic

By creating a figure to blame – young rowdy men who drink heavily – we risk glossing over the pervasiveness of discrimination in higher education

Yes, let's discuss lad culture – but don't let university leaders off the hook
Why we should stop worrying and learn to love Zoella

Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams: She dispenses vapid tips to teenage girls online, but so what? Teenagers are entitled to their private cultural spaces

Why we should stop worrying and learn to love Zoella
We can’t be complacent about pregnant women’s rights in Britain

Rebecca Schiller

Rebecca Schiller: A local authority has failed to make drinking in pregnancy a crime, but we should be wary about further attempted incursions

We can’t be complacent about pregnant women’s rights in Britain
Victoria’s real secret? It makes the Miss World pageant seem a bit upmarket

Hadley Freeman

Hadley Freeman: The lingerie retailer’s ‘fashion show’ had the air of a Playboy mansion party minus the weird old man in a silk bathrobe

Victoria’s real secret? It makes the Miss World pageant seem a bit upmarket

Ireland’s health minister: abortion reforms ‘do not protect women enough’

Leo Varadkar would support extending access to abortions to Irish women with conditions such as fatal foetal abnormalities

Ireland’s health minister: abortion reforms ‘do not protect women enough’
- Sun editor David Dinsmore tops 'sexist of the year' poll
  
  End Violence Against Women coalition to send him No More Page 3 t-shirt as prize
  
  Sun editor David Dinsmore tops 'sexist of the year' poll
- Anti-abortion activist given community service for harassing Belfast clinic boss
  
  Bernadette Smyth must also pay £2,000 compensation to Dawn Purvis and stay away from Marie Stopes centre
  
  Anti-abortion activist given community service for harassing Belfast clinic boss
- Libby Lane: profile of the Church of England’s first female bishop
  
  Even before her latest role, Lane had long been one of the most influential women in the church
  
  Libby Lane: profile of the Church of England’s first female bishop
- Catholic midwives’ abortion ruling overturned by supreme court
  
  Judges rule against Mary Doogan and Concepta Wood, who brought case objecting to any involvement in abortions
  
  Catholic midwives’ abortion ruling overturned by supreme court
- Man Haron Monis 'would not have been on bail if domestic violence was taken as seriously as terrorism'
  
  Family violence expert says Monis’s repeated attacks on women should have been paramount when bail was considered
  
  Man Haron Monis 'would not have been on bail if domestic violence was taken as seriously as terrorism'
- Agnès Varda hits out at European cinema’s failure to recognise women
  
  Veteran French director makes impassioned plea at European film awards for more women to be celebrated across cinema
  
  Agnès Varda hits out at European cinema’s failure to recognise women
- The e-commerce sisters doing it for themselves
  
  Notonthehighstreet has marshalled an army of female-run businesses across the country to tot up sales approaching £100m
  
  The e-commerce sisters doing it for themselves
- Low pay and zero-hours contracts rise dramatically, figures show
  
  TUC report shows one in 12 in labour force now in ‘precarious employment’, huge rise since 2008
  
  Low pay and zero-hours contracts rise dramatically, figures show
- Good ol’ boys in a sulk as country debut puts girls in the driving seat
  
  Texas teenagers Maddie and Tae’s satirical song has rocketed to the top of the airplay chart
  
  Good ol’ boys in a sulk as country debut puts girls in the driving seat

Labour MP says fisheries minister post would be unsuitable for a woman

Frank Doran criticised after saying his remark was not sexist because he ‘knows the fishing industry’

Labour MP says fisheries minister post would be unsuitable for a woman
Abe’s vow to close gender gap forgotten as only 169 women stand in Japan polls

Dearth of female candidates mirrors prime minister’s empty ‘womenomics’ pledge to put more women in office, say critics

Abe’s vow to close gender gap forgotten as only 169 women stand in Japan polls
Northern Ireland government taken to high court on abortion rights

Human rights commission of Northern Ireland mounts legal challenge to near-blanket ban on abortion

Northern Ireland government taken to high court on abortion rights
Lena Dunham to amend memoir following legal threat over sexual assault details

Future editions of Not That Kind of Girl will be altered to clarify that alleged attacker’s name is a pseudonym after man matching description of ‘Barry’ takes legal action

Lena Dunham to amend memoir following legal threat over sexual assault details
Rally outside White House calls on US to aid abortion services abroad

Decades-old Helms amendment blocks US from funding abortion abroad: ‘With the stroke of a pen, Obama can change the fate of millions of women’

Rally outside White House calls on US to aid abortion services abroad
Everyone for tennis? Women’s game signs record broadcast deal

WTA and Perform sign £340m contract that will double number of televised games and is being hailed as sporting milestone

Everyone for tennis? Women’s game signs record broadcast deal
No More Page 3 step up their campaign against the Sun

Feminist writer argues that editor David Dinsmore and owner Rupert Murdoch are terrified of campaigners

No More Page 3 step up their campaign against the Sun
Albury's only abortion clinic: protests 'push women to point of self-harm'

Teenagers visiting NSW clinic being intimidated to point of self harm by pressure group Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, say health workers

Albury's only abortion clinic: protests 'push women to point of self-harm'
Labour considers buffer zones to restrict abortion clinic protests

Suggestion follows rise in protests outside abortion clinics, with some activists positioned directly outside and blocking entrances

Labour considers buffer zones to restrict abortion clinic protests
Pregnant passerby challenges anti-abortion protesters

YouTube video of confrontation outside London clinic goes viral as activist who filmed it faces threat of legal action

Pregnant passerby challenges anti-abortion protesters

‘I don’t worry much about my chromosomes’: female MPs talk about life in parliament

Fewer than one in four MPs is a woman. Chloe Smith, Margaret Hodge, Rushanara Ali and Caroline Lucas explain what it means to be a woman in the House of Commons

‘I don’t worry much about my chromosomes’: female MPs talk about life in parliament
- How life for women in Britain is getting tougher
  
  George Osborne might claim more women are in work in the UK than ever before, but our poor showing in the World Economic Forum gender gap table reveals there’s more to the story
  
  How life for women in Britain is getting tougher
- Can Labour’s Lee Sherriff become Cumbria’s first female MP?
  
  She’s a single mother with four jobs and scant experience in politics. Can Sherriff’s strategy of ‘being one of the people’ win over electors in Carlisle? By Helen Pidd
  
  Can Labour’s Lee Sherriff become Cumbria’s first female MP?
- Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the Windrush
  
  Bim Adewunmi: Black women have lived in the UK since Hadrian built his wall. A new exhibition chronicles the often hidden histories of Britain’s black foremothers
  
  Black women in Britain – from the Romans to the Windrush
- When will we stop calling successful women ‘abrasive’?
  
  A study of work appraisals shows that personal criticisms are levelled at women far more than men. And it’s just one example of how society tries to bring high-flying women down to earth, writes Laura Bates
  
  When will we stop calling successful women ‘abrasive’?

Feminist Initiative’s strong showing in the Swedish elections puts pressure on mainstream parties

Emma Lundin: The feminist party fell short of the 4% threshold required to win seats in parliament, but its continued growth sends a clear message that gender equality is an important issue for Swedes

Feminist Initiative’s strong showing in the Swedish elections puts pressure on mainstream parties
Labour’s Seema Malhotra: ‘Sex education should start at Key Stage 1’

The new shadow minister for preventing violence against women and girls explains why she wants to help young people growing up in such a complex online and offline world

Labour’s Seema Malhotra: ‘Sex education should start at Key Stage 1’
Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor

Jane Martinson: From the internet to gender stereotyping, this job has changed my views of virtually everything I see and hear. Here are just some of the most important

Jane Martinson: 10 lessons I've learned from being Guardian women's editor
Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down

Emine Saner: Do you ever hear men described as ‘hysterical’? Do people say they ‘whine’ or ‘nag’? Thought not. Here are eight sexist words we’d like to never hear from again

Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down
Why it's so dispiriting to be a female voter

Laura Bates: Sexist comments made by Labour MP Austin Mitchell are just the latest letdown for women – and it is not only party behaviour that is disappointing, but policy too

Why it's so dispiriting to be a female voter
The Guardian editor CP Scott's unlikely role in the suffragette movement

Frances Perraudin: Letters between Emmeline Pankhurst and the then-editor of the Guardian show how political and media establishment united to resist the threat posed by militant feminism in the early 1900s

The Guardian editor CP Scott's unlikely role in the suffragette movement
Do I really need to don a bikini to break the glass ceiling?

How Mrs Cameron might have reacted to the role of Lynton Crosby in the promotion of telegenic women in the cabinet reshuffle

Do I really need to don a bikini to break the glass ceiling?
What is the Tory party's problem with women?

Sonia Purnell: David Cameron is appointing more women to his cabinet. Yet the overall number of female MPs could well fall next year to its lowest since 1997

What is the Tory party's problem with women?
What feminism is really about

Feminism is less about hating men than about outwitting them, says Katharine Whitehorn

What feminism is really about
Anne Hidalgo: 'I am who I am. I don't play a role'

The first female mayor of Paris tells Kim Willsher about her fight against inequality, her no-nonsense approach to celebrity – and her view of Boris Johnson

Anne Hidalgo: 'I am who I am. I don't play a role'
The future of the Women's Library

Letters: One of LSE's greatest assets is that we are a campus university, located in the centre of London

The future of the Women's Library
Class struggle at rehomed Women's Library

Letter: The move from the East End to the LSE has removed the Women's Library from its working-class base

Class struggle at rehomed Women's Library
Will Helen Clark be the first woman to run the UN?

As prime minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark brushed off criticism of her sex. Could she become the first woman to run the United Nations, asks Jane Martinson

Will Helen Clark be the first woman to run the UN?
Women at Davos: what's happening to the numbers?

If you want to know who runs the world, you could do worse than check out the delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The baffling news is that proportion of women attending has actually fallen

Women at Davos: what's happening to the numbers?
Our new year's resolutions for 2014

Stop checking our emails after dark, meet more feminists and learn to play guitar. Here, women of all ages share their resolutions for 2014 – what are yours?

Our new year's resolutions for 2014

2014: the year women won? – video

While Kim Kardashian was trying to break the internet with her backside, Angelina Jolie was busy launching a global crusade against sexual violence in conflict and Australian feminists were ensuring that American 'pick-up artist' Julien Blanc was booted out of Australia. Phoebe Greenwood asks whether 2014 was a good year for women

2014: the year women won? – video
Nigel Farage: breastfeeding mothers should sit in a corner – video

Nigel Farage says women who breastfeed in public should do so without being 'ostentatious'

Nigel Farage: breastfeeding mothers should sit in a corner – video
Street harassment of women in Mumbai: 'The problem is rampant' – video

In Mumbai, street harassment and cat-calling is commonplace for some women. But comedian Aditi Mittal says attitudes and behaviour are changing

Street harassment of women in Mumbai: 'The problem is rampant' – video

Childbirth simulator shock pads help men experience mothers' pain - video

A hospital in eastern China offers fathers-to-be a chance to experience the pain of childbirth using pads that induce an electric shock

Childbirth simulator shock pads help men experience mothers' pain - video
Rebranded: how Survivors Ink is erasing the marks of the US sex trafficking industry – video

Throughout the US, women sold as sex workers for commercial gain are branded with tattoos by their traffickers

Rebranded: how Survivors Ink is erasing the marks of the US sex trafficking industry – video
The women trapped by conflict in Pakistan – video

Women surviving on the margins in Pakistan open their homes to photojournalist Alixandra Fazzina

The women trapped by conflict in Pakistan – video
How to be a female pop star in 2014 – video

Follow Harriet Gibsone's five simple steps to becoming a 'post-feminist' icon

How to be a female pop star in 2014 – video
Abortion in Mexico: Catholics, the law and the right to choose – video

Mexico's complex and polarised abortion debate has had a direct impact on the lives of two young women in the country

Abortion in Mexico: Catholics, the law and the right to choose – video
Yvette Cooper: victims of domestic violence are being let down - video

The shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper decries the criminal justice system for a lack of action on tackling domestic violence

Yvette Cooper: victims of domestic violence are being let down - video
FGM in Kenya: 'to end this culture we have to make everyone accountable' - video

Dr Linah Kilimo ran away from home to escape the cut as a girl. She talks about impact of Kenya's female genital mutilation law

FGM in Kenya: 'to end this culture we have to make everyone accountable' - video
How Brac took diarrhoea remedies to every home in Bangladesh - video

Eliza Anyangwe: In the early 80s, diarrhoea was a major cause of child dealth in Bangladesh. Vice-chairman of Brac, Mushtaque Chowdhury, shares what his organisation learned from early failures and how it increased use of its homemade rehydration therapies from 10% to 80%

How Brac took diarrhoea remedies to every home in Bangladesh - video
Sexual violence in conflict: did you leave a message at our video booth? - video

At last week's Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict summit in London, we teamed up with ActionAid to run a video booth allowing people to record a message to world leaders. We've compiled a selection of those messages. See if yours is here

Sexual violence in conflict: did you leave a message at our video booth? - video
Melinda Gates on the global family planning revolution – video

Two years on from the London Summit on Family Planning, Melinda Gates, businesswoman and co-chair of the philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, discusses the progress made on tackling the issue

Melinda Gates on the global family planning revolution – video
Jay Leno joins Beverly Hills hotel protest against Sultan of Brunei – video

Protesters gather outside the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles on Monday after the hotel's owner, the Sultan of Brunei, introduced sharia law in his home country

Jay Leno joins Beverly Hills hotel protest against Sultan of Brunei – video
Deputy PM's wife: men who care for children ‘have more cojones’ - video

Miriam González Durántez interrupts Nick Clegg's speech on Wednesday to ask a question about attitudes towards men who care or their children

Deputy PM's wife: men who care for children ‘have more cojones’ - video
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: 'I don't plan on running for political office' - video

The chief operating officer of the multibillion pound social network and author of Lean In – and a big Democrat supporter – talks to Jemima Kiss

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: 'I don't plan on running for political office' - video
Awra Amba: an Ethiopian utopia? – video

In the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, a unique community has evolved based on egalitarian principles. Zumra Nuru, who founded Awra Amba in 1972, explains how he realised his childhood vision of creating a democratic, self-sustaining society where men and women are equals, while a young couple explain how they have benefited

Awra Amba: an Ethiopian utopia? – video
'Get your arse out, mate': we turn the tables on everyday sexism – video

Leah Green goes undercover to see how unsuspecting men react to sexist situations experienced by women – but this time perpetrated by a female

'Get your arse out, mate': we turn the tables on everyday sexism – video
Miley Cyrus criticism reaction 'terrifying', says Radio 1 DJ – video

Jameela Jamil, presenter of the official chart show on BBC Radio 1, speaks to John Plunkett at Ad Week Europe about how she was victimised on Twitter for her criticism of Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus criticism reaction 'terrifying', says Radio 1 DJ – video
'I am a circumciser': inside the campaign to end FGM in Kenya – video

Kenyan women who have enacted female genital mutilation (FGM) on others, and had it done to themselves, talk about their experience

'I am a circumciser': inside the campaign to end FGM in Kenya – video

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Quiz: ridiculous quotes of 2014

They said what? When it comes to spouting their opinions on leadership, work and women these celebrities should learn to think before they speak

Quiz: ridiculous quotes of 2014
Equal pay: Sarah Champion's bill was a start but women need to vote with their feet

A bill to enforce section 78 of the Equal Pay act was passed by 258 votes to eight. But this is just the first step in a marathon, says Harriet Minter

Equal pay: Sarah Champion's bill was a start but women need to vote with their feet
Advice to my younger self: the road to success is a long one, don’t give up

The road to your dream career is much longer and bumpier than you could possibly imagine, especially if you want to start your own business, says entrepreneur Jo Davies

Advice to my younger self: the road to success is a long one, don’t give up
Carla Buzasi on leaving the Huffington Post, building brands and shouting louder

The former editor of HuffPo UK talks about her move to trend forecaster WGSN and how you balance a 24 hour business with a life outside of work

Carla Buzasi on leaving the Huffington Post, building brands and shouting louder

Entrepreneurs are expected to be white and male. We need to change this

Women who want to grow their businesses quickly are facing an uphill battle. They’re just not what investors expect. Dr Patti Fletcher explains how to beat expectations

Entrepreneurs are expected to be white and male. We need to change this
Stop vilifying Zoella. She’s just enjoying the spoils of her success

Don’t pretend you’re angry with YouTube star Zoe Sugg for her lack of candour – you’re just jealous that she’s smarter, richer and more famous than you

Stop vilifying Zoella. She’s just enjoying the spoils of her success
Advice for my younger self: it’s OK to clock off

It’s natural to think that working late will help your career progression, but be careful not to create unrealistic expectations that are impossible to maintain, warns Louise Matthews

Advice for my younger self: it’s OK to clock off
Women in film and TV: advice from the award-winning women behind the scenes

‘The most amazing moment in my career was in York Minster, where everything modern was removed for Elizabeth and it was just lit with candles. It was a magical atmosphere, transported back to medieval times’

Women in film and TV: advice from the award-winning women behind the scenes
Breastfeeding while working: I did it and so can you

If we make breastfeeding in public difficult then how can we expect new mums to think they have any choice but to wean their children before returning to work?

Breastfeeding while working: I did it and so can you
How to be a more inclusive leader

Research shows inclusive leadership can drive productivity, loyalty and motivation, yet many companies fail to embrace it

How to be a more inclusive leader
Jacqueline Gold: "I do feel like Boudicca sometimes"

The Ann Summers boss talks to Harriet Minter about the rise of sex in Britain, the importance of resilience and why she’ll always choose to fight back

Jacqueline Gold: "I do feel like Boudicca sometimes"
Rachel Yankey: 'the boys' football team thought I was a young lad called Ray"

England and Arsenal footballer, Rachel Yankey, explains why she’d tell her younger self that following your ambitions means making sacrifices and taking risks

Rachel Yankey: 'the boys' football team thought I was a young lad called Ray"
Why you should take a leaf out of Harriet Green's book and quit your job

The length of time women stay in jobs is increasing but some people just weren’t meant to stand still

Why you should take a leaf out of Harriet Green's book and quit your job
10 minutes with… Melissa Di Donato, VP EMEA and APAC at Salesforce

‘It’s not just the government that should be pushing for a broader role for women in IT. Successful, well-rounded companies need to draw from the entire workforce’

10 minutes with… Melissa Di Donato, VP EMEA and APAC at Salesforce
Can good karma have a positive impact on your business?

Karma is an effect brought about by a person’s actions, and understanding it could change the way you do business

Can good karma have a positive impact on your business?
How to create a better future for women in science

Dr Tom Solomon on how applying for an Athena Swan award for equality opened his eyes to the need to support and celebrate women in science and technology

How to create a better future for women in science
Advice for my younger self: Go at your own pace

Cookery entrepreneur Hari Ghotra on learning how to succeed, the importance of timing and knowing when to stand still

Advice for my younger self: Go at your own pace
Margaret Mountford: 'It never occurred to me that there was anything I couldn’t do if I wanted to do it'

The straight-talking Apprentice star on role models, self-belief and what she thinks of her left-eyebrow’s Twitter account

Margaret Mountford: 'It never occurred to me that there was anything I couldn’t do if I wanted to do it'
Event: bridging the confidence gap

Does a lack of confidence hold women back at work? If so, how can we address this and why is it still an issue? Join us on Weds 3rd December to discuss this and more

Event: bridging the confidence gap
Why it’s important to prove that ‘small’ can be flexible

Why do people still believe that small businesses can’t provide the flexibility that so many working mothers want? It’s time to throw out the stereotypes

Why it’s important to prove that ‘small’ can be flexible

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