5 h. ago Britain 'has funded a Mexican organisation' which works in women's rights

The work of Women's rights campaigners Las Libres has had contributions from the Foreign Office's development budget for the last five years.

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21 h. ago The ultimate hack to save money on women’s mags like Hello! and Bella – and get two months free with Readly

Love magazines but hate the cost? With Readly, you can access dozens of top women’s titles for one low price – and right now, you can get two months free. Here’s how to save big while enjoying all your favourite reads.

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34 h. ago Trott defends Afghanistan’s men with cloud hanging over England game

Taliban’s ban on women playing cricket has led to calls for a boycott by the ECB, but Champions Trophy match proceedsA day out from what is a must-win game for both Afghanistan and England, Jonathan Trott, head coach of the former, addressed the issue that is impossible to ignore during this Champions Trophy. The Taliban continues its brutal clampdown on women’s rights back in Afghanistan and Trott outlined the position his players find themselves in.“They know the difference between right and wrong,” said Trott, drawing a distinction between a team that play their cricket in exile under the previous Afghan flag and the regime at home. “They are under no illusions about where they have come from and they’re very courageous. You see that in their cricket and that’s the one thing I’ve not tried to change at all. They know who they are playing for and representing.” Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Starmer defends aid cuts to boost defence as ‘necessary’ amid charity criticism

Sacrificing aid funding to bolster Britain’s war chest was branded ‘reckless’ by charities and aid organisations.

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43 h. ago Are women CEOs suffering "glaring double standards" in media coverage?

The report found that “ambition” is 73% more likely to be mentioned in discussions of women CEOs, “but rarely for the right reasons”.

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3 d. ago ‘It feels like a vindication’: Andrea Dworkin’s widower on the radical feminist’s rediscovery

John Stoltenberg, Dworkin’s partner for three decades, is thrilled by the reissue of three of her books as Penguin Modern Classics, and how a new generation is finding inspiration from her workThough it’s now two decades since Andrea Dworkin died, her widower John Stoltenberg still finds it difficult to talk about her. “I sometimes break down,” he warns me, his mellow voice bumpy for just a moment. In a way, of course, she’s all around. He has stayed on in the Washington DC condominium where she died (he lives there with his husband of 15 years, Joe Hamilton); her books and music – she loved country – are a constant reminder of the life they shared. But her absence is deeply felt nonetheless. “It was a huge loss. Sometimes, I turn to her work just to hear her voice again. I connect to the way her mind was working, and I kind of invent a conversation with her.” In truth, it’s a blessing that she was a writer. In 2005, at the mortuary to discuss her cremation, he heard the horrible wo...

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5 d. ago ‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right

In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists todayIs Donald Trump a feminist?There was a time when anyone asking such a question could reasonably expect to be laughed out of the room. Yet, just three weeks into Trump’s second term, the man responsible for stripping women in the US of the right to an abortion was declared a “feminist kween”, “feminist hero” and “feminist icon” by several prominent feminist writers in the UK. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Once off the table, bills to charge women who get abortions with murder get votes before failing

Abortion rights groups fear punishment for women who have abortions and governments tracking pregnancies

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6 d. ago Coe agrees with Trump on excluding transgender athletes from women’s sport

IOC presidential candidate focused on integrity of sportCoe claims Trump ‘right on the principle’US president Donald Trump is right in principle to seek the exclusion of transgender athletes from women’s sport, International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Sebastian Coe has said.Earlier this month Trump signed an executive order aimed at banning transgender athletes from women’s sports, which includes empowering the secretary of state’s office to put pressure on the IOC on its inclusion policy ahead of the Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago UK Government pushing for Afghan women’s right to play cricket, Nandy says

All female sport has been effectively outlawed, leaving the majority of Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team living in exile.

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6 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest posters ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she produced, after getting a letter this week.

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6 d. ago Women's rights campaigner threatened with legal action by Wes Streeting over protest leaflet ridiculing the NHS over 'female prostate screening' and 'male smear tests'

Activist Kellie-Jay Keen told MailOnline she would defy calls by the Government to take down promotional material she shared online, after getting a letter this week.

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7 d. ago Jailing an asylum seeker, 39, who sexually assaulted a teenager after driving around looking for vulnerable drunk women could breach his human rights, court hears

Hassan Abou Hayleh attacked the 19-year-old girl when he found her sitting alone on a kerb as she waited for her father to give her a lift home.

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9 d. ago Men could be hit with £8,000 fine for ejaculating 'without intent to conceive'

A new law has been proposed that would make it a crime for men to ejaculate unless they intend to conceive a child, as part of a move to regulate male reproductive rights in the same way as women's

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