Women
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Italian beauty-contest ban by RAI chief Anna Maria Tarantola heralds end to era of women as showgirls or housewives on TV
News and features
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The discrimination of pregnant women working has increased according to a report from Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman
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Letters: Your report omitted one crucial element: the need to provide refugee protection to those women who have sought safety in the UK
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Tanya Gold: Vanity Fair's attack reflects a wider loathing, but at least the actor is brave enough to venture beyond Hollywood's accepted script for women
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Leyla Hussein: Thousands of girls in the UK are at risk of the vile practice of FGM. I'm confident many can be saved, and you could help
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Turkey's female lawmakers wear headscarves in parliament for the first time - video
Four women from Turkey's ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) wear headscarves in parliament for the first time
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Laura Bates: A Daily Star story about the ghost of Princess Diana criticising Kate Middleton's body is only the most surreal of a deluge of offensive articles following the birth of Prince George
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Jane Martinson: The writer and director is about to be honoured for his track record in creating strong roles for women. But listen to a speech he gave seven years ago, and ask yourself why so little has changed in the entertainment industry
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Daisy Buchanan: If stores are worried about return fraud, perhaps they could meet us halfway and rent clothes out instead? -
Sarah Jane Stratford: There's been plenty of outcry in the US over lesbian sex in Blue is the Warmest Colour. Brutality onscreen, however, is fine
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Stella Duffy: Losing a child is terrible, but our play dares to suggest that it may be possible to find hope in miscarriage or infertility
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Gender
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Jill Filipovic: Women's magazines and sites should stop giving science-denying wackadoodles a platform. We deserve better
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Casey Legler: My responsibility is to kids who might feel shame – might be ostracised from society – just for being different
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Four female MPs mark the end of a ban imposed since the early days of the Turkish Republic
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Jane Martinson is women's editor of the Guardian and former media editor
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Kira Cochrane is a features writer for the Guardian -
Homa Khaleeli is a staff feature writer for the Guardian -
Suzanne Moore is an award-winning columnist for the Guardian
Feminism
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From 'underhanding' to 'violate a fresher' nights, sexual assault is common in clubs – but students won't put up with it any more
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We take female broadcasters for granted now, but their fight to be heard wasn't easy, writes Miranda Sawyer
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Women in media
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According to a new study, the reality for older women is less colourful than we are led to believe
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Penelope Wilton says that her character in Downton Abbey would probably be Guardian women's editor, if she were around today
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Equality
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Yvonne Roberts: Debate over the online abuse directed at model Robyn Lawley redirects attention from issues that really shape women's lives
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Urgent action needed to close 'unacceptable gaps' in access to work and education across Latin America and Caribbean
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Women in sport
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Barbara Ellen: Some women seem to be transforming their mate simply to render him repulsive to the opposite sex -
18-year-old Olivia Prokopova saw off her mostly male challengers – and the Saint Jude storm – to take the miniature golf title on a windswept Hastings seafront. How did she do it?
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From Guardian Professional
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Women in Leadership 22hr 34min ago
Why is being openly feminist in the boardroom seen as 'damaging'?
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Women in Leadership 1 day ago
Out of the shadows: the women who sparked the Labour movement
The Match Women of Bryant and May formed Britain's first women's trade union and won the right to better conditions. So why do so few know about their achievement?
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Women in Leadership 4 days ago
Bad teaching causes girls to fail at school, not male classmates
Mixed-sex schools don't fail their female pupils; bad teaching and poor career advice does, writes Kate McCann
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