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• #Douchebag: from useless contraceptive to universal putdown

  22 Oct 2014: It has become this year’s catch-all insult, powered by social media and broadcasters keen to avoid more sweary options. But where did it come from – and who really deserves the epithet?
  

• From barrier to enabler: how politics can help girls live up to their potential

  Guardian Professional, 22 Oct 2014: A shift in attitudes in political systems around the world is necessary to allow girls to fully participate in society, writes Shirin Rai
  

• ‘Young women need female role models to inspire success’

  Guardian Professional, 22 Oct 2014: Former managing director of Penguin, Helen Fraser, discusses which women inspired her to achieve

• Why the need for a gender divide in school uniforms? Or loos?

  21 Oct 2014: Schools should examine their unconscious inequalities – often seen in mundane things – and correct them, even if it sparks complaints, says Laura McInerney

• Acid attacks in Isfahan have nothing to do with the hijab, say Iranian officials

  20 Oct 2014: Women tell of assailants using motorbikes after spate of attacks raises concern victims chosen because of their clothing

• Must the Anthropocene be a Manthropocene?

  20 Oct 2014: Kate Raworth: A working group exploring a potential new geological era has only one female scientist. This gender bias within the scientific community needs consigning to the past

• Why women are under-represented in science and engineering

  Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Confidence, stereotyped language and visiblity: Julia King explains five factors that hold women back

• Parental pay to be equal for male and female civil servants

  20 Oct 2014: Nick Clegg to announce that fathers will be able to get enhanced pay for shared parental leave
  

• Guidelines from our own correspondents

  19 Oct 2014: Letters: I usually read all the letters in the humorous section, always read those by Keith Flett, and since the publication of friend Norma Laming’s letter about her rabbits’ voting preference, I look for her name

• From monobosoms to shoulder pads: The best of Women Fashion Power – in pictures

  19 Oct 2014: Donna Loveday introduces some of the brilliant looks from the Design Museum’s new exhibition about how women use fashion to enhance their position

• President of Russian Tennis Federation banned over ‘Williams brothers’ slur

  18 Oct 2014: The Women’s Tennis Association has fined the president of the Russian Tennis Federation $25,000 (£15,500) and suspended him for a year after he referred to the Williams sisters as “the Williams brothers”

• We must tackle the reality of rape and dispel the myths

  17 Oct 2014: Fiona Elvines: With reported rapes in England higher than ever, we need to look at the effect it has on the men and women who survive it

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'I decided to call myself a Happy Feminist'

  17 Oct 2014:

  In her hit TED talk, award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie set out her dreams for a fairer world

• How to be a confident girl

  17 Oct 2014: Polly Toynbee: Looking at the mediocre boys and men around will boost self-assurance, as will faking it and ganging up with other women

• Barbie, you were always beyond my Ken

  17 Oct 2014: Julie Bindel: Sales of Mattel’s simpering icon of female subservience are in steep decline. Let’s hope the end comes swiftly for this most toxic of toys

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