Browsing: women

Over the past decade, there have been numerous legislative attempts to deny transgender people access to bathrooms. Plus, campaigns were launched to ban books that include…

Avery Throckmorton didn’t think a career in construction was within her reach. As a woman, Throckmorton had always seen the male-dominated field as inaccessible until she…

Transgender girls and women who are part of Girlguiding groups in the UK have been given until September to leave the organisation, under new rules introduced…

Shahira Sadat was thrilled. She had received an invitation to interview for the prestigious Chevening scholarship. “I cannot describe the joy I felt,” she says. “I…

Family courts are “not good enough” and have treated women and children unfairly for decades, a government minister has said.Announcing a major overhaul of the family…

Women who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal abortions are set to be pardoned after a historic vote in the House of…

Women who have been arrested, investigated and convicted under abortion legislation in England and Wales “must not be left behind” if the law is changed to…

Thirty organisations representing victims of violence against women and girls (VAWG) have written to the justice secretary, David Lammy, urging him to drop plans to significantly…

Pat had been in trouble with the police before, when she was 16 and had been spat out of the care system with no qualifications, no…

Magic City is one of America’s best-known strip clubs. Many rappers have referenced it in their songs. Lots of celebrities and dignitaries have been there. Amazon…