Australian Open: Naomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady in women’s final
By Jonathan Jurejko BBC Sport Naomi Osaka will rise to second in the world rankings after winning the Australian Open Japan’s Naomi Osaka cemented her […]
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Southern Africa: Homes become dangerous place for women and girls during COVID-19 lockdown During the COVID-19 lockdowns imposed by Southern African countries, some homes […]
Covid: Support ‘repeatedly skewed towards men’, say MPs
By BBC Government policies have “repeatedly skewed towards men”, a committee of MPs has said in a report on the impact of coronavirus on men […]
Community coffee shop that helps women with criminal records turn lives around celebrates first anniversary
By Kelsey Maxwell @KelseyMaxwell90 Chief Reporter Inside Plan Bee Coffee Shop A COMMUNITY coffee shop on North Road set up to help women with criminal record […]
Five ways you can celebrate Black History Month virtually
By Ashley Vaughan, CNN In celebration of Black History Month, the Chicago Children’s Choir is hosting an online concert. (CNN)Honoring Black History Month may look and […]
Cicely Tyson obituary
By Ryan Gilbey Pioneering actor who received an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 1972 film Sounder Cicely Tyson, centre, as Rebecca, a sharecropper’s […]
Black women in the UK four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth
By Hannah Summers Disparity with white women shows need for action, doctors say, despite slight improvement in mortality rate ‘We know from hearing black women’s […]
MacKenzie Scott gives away $4.2bn in four months
By BBC News IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionMackenzie Scott pictured with her ex-husband Jeff Bezos in 2017 MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, […]
Meghan Markle: Duchess of Sussex tells of miscarriage ‘pain and grief’
By BBC News IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of […]
Period poverty: Scotland first in world to make period products free
By Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free for all. […]