Raising boys
I gave my son gender-neutral toys from the off. But he was always strongly drawn to race cars and weapons... Ten years ago, I plunged into parenthood in a state of pie-ey…
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What women wear
From the hijab in Kuwait to the niqab in Egypt, the increasingly heated debate about women's dress has become politicised... It's not only in secular Europe where societi…
Beating the superwoman complex
Taking a break from our relentless fight for independence doesn't compromise women's quest for equality... "Career women make bad mothers". An ill-conceived and insensiti…
Ending the culture of FGM
Like many girls in Sudan, I suffered genital mutilation – but with education, attitudes are beginning to change... When I was "circumcised" I was five or six, but it happ…
The power of pink
The 'pinkification' of little girls – their clothes, their bedrooms, their toys – is a very recent phenomenon. So why did the launch this month of a campaign against the colour's dominance cause …
Good news for women
The government's violence against women strategy is welcome – now it must co-ordinate this approach, including internationally You may not know it 25 November…
Gender pay gap still as high as 50%, UK survey says
• Women worst off in West Somerset with 53% gap • Strong public support for law to expose unfair wages Women are paid less than half as much as men in some parts of t…
