61 h. ago A resort entirely staffed and run by women in Sri Lanka seeks to break gender barriers

Sri Lanka has opened its first resort that's entirely operated and managed by women

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62 h. ago 'We still need to break down the barriers which hold women back'

Writing in the Daily Record on International Women's Day, Scotland Office minister Kirsty McNeill says female-led businesses could be a huge part of the country's growth.

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6 d. ago Scottish business body unveils chairman amid plea to ‘break down barriers to growth’

“We’ll be working together to tackle many of the issues that are holding back firms’ investment” – Michelle Ferguson, CBI Scotland director

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7 d. ago Women’s Super League clubs will hold vote on radical plan to scrap relegation

Proposal aims to provide stability as top flight and Championship expand from 12 to 16 teams up to 2030A radical plan to scrap relegation from the Women’s Super League as part of a major expansion of the professional game is to be voted on by clubs at the end of the season.Under proposals developed by the Women’s Professional League Ltd and revealed on Thursday, relegation from the 12‑team WSL would stop from the 2026-27 season as part of a gradual plan to expand both the top flight and the second‑tier Championship to 16 teams. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Moving the Goalposts | How can women’s football hold on to its unique selling point amid rising abuse?

This week’s newsletter wonders if we can still find the balance between access to players as well as providing them with the protection that ensures their safety?When did we stop seeing those in the limelight – be it athletes, musicians, film stars or anyone else – as human? At what point did it become acceptable for some to feel that they have ownership over aspects of their lives or that they have the right to hurl abuse behind the protection of a screen? And how, in women’s football in particular and women’s sport more generally, can we find the balance between access and providing players with the protection that ensures their safety?These have been just some of the questions I have been mulling over in the last few weeks, sparked by a litany of events within the women’s game and beyond. Most recently, the stalking incident that Emma Raducanu had to endure at the Dubai Tennis Championships was an eye-opener into some of the things that are going on overtly and in the shadows. Co...

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2 w. ago A new branch of photography? Found images of women in trees – in pictures

For 25 years, Hamburg-based collector Jochen Raiß scoured flea markets for historical amateur photographs. After finding a photo of a woman smiling in a tree, he started to notice this was a recurrent theme, especially popular between the 1920s and 1950s. Over the years he accumulated 91 such photos, now collected into a book, Women in Trees. “A number of the photographers have created images that possess a remarkable depth and beauty,” he wrote in the book’s introduction. “The women exert a great effort to hold on to these trees without losing their balance. Their Sunday dresses and fashionable shoes stand in stark contrast to the nature around them.”Women in Trees by Jochen Raiß and Johanna Adorjan is out now (Hatje Cantz, £18) Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From dusty pitches to football stardom: the rise of the Chawinga sisters

How Tabitha and Temwa fought preconceptions in Malawi to make it to the top of women’s footballTabitha and Temwa Chawinga’s rise to international football stardom began on the humble, dusty football pitches of Rumphi, a district in northern Malawi. Their journey, filled with challenges and perseverance, reflects the determination and dreams of two sisters determined to break barriers in a male-dominated sport. And how they have succeeded.Growing up in a society where girls were often discouraged from dreaming beyond traditional roles, the Chawinga sisters were passionate about football from a young age. “We used to play football with boys. I did whatever the boys did and that laid the foundation for my football career,” Tabitha recalls. Continue reading...

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