Women
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Laura Bates: After two years and 50,000 stories of sexual harassment and discrimination, it's time to stop questioning women's stories, and start listening to them
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President-elect promises help with university fees, tax reforms to cut inequality and ending junta-era polling system stifling change -
Industry veteran Inga Beale will replace Richard Ward in January as boss of world's largest insurance market
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Why does a Playboy fashion shoot still have any link to being chic? It's often more about reducing women to tired stereotypes, miserable clones and sexless sex objects, says Hadley Freeman
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Claire Provost: Reproductive health has risen up aid donors' agendas, but USAid restrictions mean NGOs are shying away from working on abortion
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Are women more leftwing than men? - video debate
Melissa Kite and Ellie Mae O'Hagan, commentators from opposite ends of the political spectrum, discuss why more women than men tend to be Labour supporters
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The Danish prime minister has been dismissed as a 'flirty blonde' in the Mail; the Sun has denounced Stella Creasy for wearing a blue skirt – just two recent examples of objectification. What others from the last year should we look at?
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Eve Ensler: There have been many victories, but still the violence continues. The refusal to hold perpetrators to account is a 'global plague' – and this year the campaign will focus on justice
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Lynne Segal: If older women are given TV and film roles at all, their bodies are still subject to one of the last sex taboos -
Emma G Keller: Mireille Guiliano's book prompted us to ask what you, the reader, feel about ageing. Here's a summary of her tips and yours
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Observer editorial: A fearless debate should be encouraged to protect the fundamental values of a secular society
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Gender
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Letters: Yes, Barbie being totally pink is sucky. But, by seven, your daughter will be over the pink thing
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Body that represents higher education institutions says it is reviewing guidance after criticism from PM
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Choice of Samieh Baluchzehi, a 26-year-old from Baluch minority, is even more notable as she is a Sunni Muslim in Shia-dominated Iran
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Jane Martinson is women's editor of the Guardian and former media editor
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Suzanne Moore is an award-winning columnist for the Guardian
Feminism
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Mikki Kendall: Feminism is meant to be inclusive, not one size fits all. Beyoncé is pro-woman without being anti-man. That's not wrong
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British Library aims to trace writers, photographers and artists whose work appeared in magazine from 1972 to 1993
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Women in media
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Nell Frizzell: There's been Thatcher's handbag and Widdecombe's hair. Now Stella Creasy's skirt is distracting idiots from real issues -
Quality of peaktime drama and current affairs also needs improvement, BBC Trust says as it sets out new guidelines
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Equality
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Charlie Woodworth: Mandatory pay audits would help to equalise pay. Relying on voluntary action by employers just isn't working -
Organisation requests advice from Equality and Human Rights Commission after controversy over its advice
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Women in sport
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There's a new generation setting records on some of the toughest ascents in the country – and they're changing the face of a sport that has long been male-dominated -
Daisy Buchanan: The I'm a Celebrity contestant and champion swimmer should be an inspiration for what her body does. But instead, the focus is on what it looks like
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Three women changing the face, and style, of app development
As more women come into the industry we'll find app stores filling up with products for women, explains Jess Erickson
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