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  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    ReviewArts
    Rylan: How To Be a Man — smart questions and sharp insights on masculinity today

    TV and radio host Rylan Clark has revealing interviews with boxer Amir Khan, model David Gandy and more

  • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
    Emma Jacobs
    The pressure to be hot never ends — just ask Martha Stewart

    Women used to be able to give in to middle life, but now high beauty standards stalk the ageing process

  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Stefan Stern
    Negotiation in the age of the dual-career couple

    Stanford academic argues your choice of life partner could be your most important professional decision

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    Scottish politics
    Scottish government to challenge London’s veto of gender legislation

    Move intensifies constitutional clash between Holyrood and Westminster

  • Friday, 7 April, 2023
    Afghanistan
    UN denounces Taliban prohibition on Afghan women aid workers

    Islamist group’s ban will exacerbate world’s ‘most severe humanitarian crisis’, says agency

  • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
    FT Magazine
    What does it mean to be a boy online in 2023?

    What lessons young men are learning from YouTube, TikTok and influencers like Andrew Tate

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    Gender equality ETFs delivered best performance yet in 2022

    Five of the nine funds beat their relevant benchmarks last year

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Spain
    Spain plans to introduce cabinet gender equality law

    Prime minister’s measures will make the country one of the first in Europe to have a legally binding quota

  • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
    Visual and data journalism
    British public U-turn on attitudes to immigration

    Other charts of the week: Antarctic sea ice, gender inequality among decision makers, economy concern

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
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    How row over trans rights sparked a crisis for Nicola Sturgeon’s leadership

    Scottish first minister’s missteps over convicted rapist have highlighted divisions within ruling SNP

  • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
    News in-depthIreland
    A woman’s place is in the home? Why Ireland will vote on outdated law

    Dublin seeks to modify constitutional article stipulating that domestic chores are a woman’s ‘life and duties’

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Scotland calls on London to remove block on transgender bill

    Edinburgh minister warns that legal fight will delay implementation, causing further harm to trans people

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Sunak in constitutional clash with Sturgeon over gender reform bill

    UK government for first time moves to block legislation passed by Scottish parliament

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Constitutional showdown looms over Scotland’s transgender bill

    Holyrood law to ease the process of changing legal gender need not conflict with workings of UK-wide equalities law

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Former LGBT+ adviser warns Sunak against blocking Scottish gender bill

    Iain Anderson says move being considered by UK prime minister would hit country’s global reputation

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    News in-depthAfghanistan
    Taliban’s move to block women aid workers disrupts and divides NGOs

    Donors forced to consider compromising or shutting down operations in Afghanistan

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    Scotland
    Scotland passes bill to make it easier to legally change gender

    Victory for Sturgeon as MSPs vote for legislation that has sparked heated debate within her own party

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
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    An actual ESG success story?

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  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    Inside BusinessMercedes Ruehl
    Singapore Airlines’ pregnancy pivot should set an example to others

    Carrier’s policy change comes as city-state is set to introduce anti-discrimination legislation

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    OutlookSilvia Sciorilli Borrelli
    Why Italy’s first woman premier wants to be called ‘Il Presidente’

    Giorgia Meloni’s request to be known by the masculine article only reinforces the notion that the role is inherently male

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    ReviewFilm
    Call Jane — Elizabeth Banks stars in 1960s abortion activism drama

    Committed performances lift the timely story of a Chicago housewife helped by a pro-choice collective

  • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
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    Academy Award-winning producer talks about her new blockbuster film. Plus: what happened to plant-based meat?

  • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
    News in-depthCommunist Party of China
    Chinese Communists shun women as men hoard all the power

    Only one female sits on the politburo despite women making up 30% of party membership

  • Saturday, 22 October, 2022
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    Jane Austen, forever. Plus: trans inclusion in sports

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