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 […]
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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. […]
Afghan woman shot, blinded, for getting a job
By Abdul Qadir Sediqi KABUL (Reuters) – The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she […]
BioNTech: Four things to know about the German firm leading the Covid-19 vaccine race
By AFP Uğur Şahin, who founded BioNTech with his wife Özlem Türeci, in November 2019. Photo: DPA The small German biotech firm BiOnTech, started […]
Kamala Harris – the first woman vice-president
By BBC News IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionKamala Harris will have a second shot at the White House this year as Joe Biden’s vice-presidential pick […]
Poland abortion ruling: Protests spread across the country
By BBC News IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionPoland already had some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the EU Thousands of women are protesting against new […]
Nigeria’s anti-police brutality protests bring Lagos to standstill
By Agencies Anger continues to grow despite notorious special anti-robbery squad being disbanded Anger over abuses by the police’s notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad erupted into […]
UK passport photo checker shows bias against dark-skinned women
By Maryam Ahmed BBC News Women with darker skin are more than twice as likely to be told their photos fail UK passport rules when […]