Politics

TV presenter Reham Khan has been the target of harrassment since it was announced that she is to wed Imran Khan. Comedian Katy Brand explains why their union should be applauded

Maddu Kinnar, 35, who previously made her living dancing on trains, is expected to be the first transgender mayor to avoid a legal battle

There remains a very common kind of verbal shorthand that traps the North in the past, writes Glenda Cooper

She's spirited and clever and she's about as good as Nick Clegg can get, says Judith Woods, in an ode to the Deputy Prime Minister's sassy Spanish wife

In a joint interview with Nick Clegg, her husband, Miriam González Durántez says the secret to staying married is 'having big arguments'. Dating expert Daisy Buchanan explains why most of us are better off being lovers, not fighters

From Theresa May to the little-known Suzy Stride, Cathy Newman handpicks the women she expects to make political waves in 2015

Fiona Woolf is facing more criticism after being awarded a damehood in the New Year's honours, two months after stepping down as head of the child sex abuse inquiry. Claire Cohen calls for some perspective

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the Government's road safety information campaign. But, with the number of female drink-drivers soaring, why haven't the adverts caught up?

With the 2015 general election looming, politicians are already busily looking ahead to May. Stop! says Sophy Ridge. It's time for MPs to make some New Year's resolutions to see them through the first part of the year at least. Here are her suggestions...

From kidnappings to 'The Fappening' and crude boob puns: there are things that happened this year that we never want to see repeated. Full stop

Telegraph Wonder Women rounds up the best female friendly (and very unfriendly) quotes of 2014

New figures show the Government is set to miss its target for half of appointments on public boards to go to women by 2015. Claire Cohen reports

The last 12 months has seen Muslim women dominate the news for all the wrong reasons. Shelina Janmohamed reflects on a difficult year

The increasing liberalisation of sexual and gender politics in the West contrasts with regressive policies in much of the rest of the world

Feminist group FièrEs says it has inserted "around 500" such tracts into a range of toys in a dozen shops in Paris

It's not just female MPs who aren't represented in our political class - it's mothers too. Sophy Ridge tracks down Parliament's few mums to discover why this is such a problem

Like most people Emma Barnett tends to stay quiet when strangers fight on public transport. However, this weekend she broke her silence as a drunk Ukip copycat took it one step too far

A Ukip councillor has been fired for comments made in a TV interview

After the death of Mandy Rice-Davies, Libby Purves recalls why the Sixties icon was such a good companion on an unusual boat trip

'Woman' is a noun. The adjective you're looking for is 'female'. Why, when we're taking great steps towards gender equality, do we undermine that progress with our choice of words? Lauren Davidson explains