Women

The Mother sees Jennifer Lopez take the well-worn path from A-list to badass babe
Review

The Mother sees Jennifer Lopez take the well-worn path from A-list to badass babe

Jennifer Lopez’s role in The Mother sees her become the latest female star to go from A-list acclaim to all-out action

Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system
women’s prisons

Clean Break: A theatre company for women in the criminal justice system

Deborah Bruce works with marginalised women at Clean Break, to help them find their voice through writing. Her own play, Dixon and Daughters, is the company’s first co-production with the National Theatre

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load
Paul McNamee

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load

The vast majority of applicants to Iceland’s micro-loan scheme are women. It’s a familiar story

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

Freema Agyeman: ‘I miss a good pub and I miss a good queue’
Dreamland

Freema Agyeman: ‘I miss a good pub and I miss a good queue’

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‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
Global solutions

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave

It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser
Jess Southgate

It’s time universal credit is paid differently so women in a controlling relationship can leave their abuser

Top 5 books about female friendships, chosen by Salma El-Wardany
recommended

Top 5 books about female friendships, chosen by Salma El-Wardany

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’
Music

Sinead Gleeson interview: ‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time
Book reviews

Re-Sisters by Cosey Fanni Tutti review: The women undermined and ostracised in their time

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on migration by women, chosen by Sophie Buchaillard

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home
Book reviews

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty review: An easy read which fails to strike home

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
Book reviews

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel

Nudes by Elle Nash: short, sharp and sometimes shocking
Book reviews

Nudes by Elle Nash: short, sharp and sometimes shocking

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a ‘dangerous’ women’s detention centre
Social Justice

A charity is taking the Home Office to court over a ‘dangerous’ women’s detention centre