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  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Jo Ellison
    What is it about men and the Roman empire?

    A TikTok trend has exposed a crucial difference between the boys and the girls 

    Men dressed in the costumes of ancient Roman gladiators, but checking their smartphones
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    We should pity (some of) the incels

    Beyond the dangerous misogynists there’s a growing group of unseen incels who live in harmless but frustrated misery

  • Monday, 28 August, 2023
    Simon Kuper
    Now is football’s moment to change

    The scandal over a non-consensual kiss by Luis Rubiales needs to be an ‘enough’ moment

    Protesters demand the resignation of Luis Rubiales at a rally in Madrid. Female footballers’ voices are being heard — they don’t have to take it anymore
  • Saturday, 26 August, 2023
    Football
    Spain seeks to suspend football chief over World Cup kiss as stars refuse to play

    Luis Rubiales attacks ‘false feminism’ amid torrent of criticism over his embrace of Jenni Hermoso after victory in final

    Luis Rubiales grabs Spain midfielder Jenni Hermoso’s head and kisses her on the lips following the country’s Women’s World Cup triumph
  • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    Just say no if working while female

    Women are still expected to do more thankless dead-end tasks at work than men but smart companies are fixing the problem

    Illustration of a side view of a woman sitting at her desk saying “No! No! No! No! No!” as a long arm reaches in from the side of the pic to tap her on the shoulder
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    News in-depthItalian politics
    Italian leader Meloni ‘cancelling lives’ in crackdown on same-sex parenting

    Lesbian couples no longer recognised as legal parents on birth certificates

    Members of the protest group dressed in pink watch as infant dolls are placed on the ground
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    Helena Kennedy
    Updating UK abortion laws risks a backwards step for women’s rights

    The case of Carla Foster has raised concerns about the criminal penalties for late terminations

    A group of women hold placards with slogans such as ‘keep your rosaries off my ovaries’
  • 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

    A smartly dressed bearded man sits in a book-lined room talking to an audience
  • 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

    Martha Stewart  in a flowing crossover dress stands in front of a sign saying Sports Ilustrated Swimsuit
  • 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

    Trans rights demonstrators at a rally in Glasgow in January
  • 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

    Afghan women hold placards at a demonstration
  • 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

    The Fearless Girl, a bronze sculpture by Kristen Visbal, stands across from the New York Stock Exchange
  • 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

    Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez with his cabinet and party leaders
  • 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
    News in-depthScottish independence
    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

    Nicola Sturgeon
  • 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’

    First sculptures of women installed in Trinity’s Old Library
  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    UK politics
    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

    Demonstrators campaign for transgender rights outside the UK government office in Edinburgh on Thursday
  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    UK politics
    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

    Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon
  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    UK politics
    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

    Members of the Scottish Family Party protest alongside supporters of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland) outside the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
  • 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

    A Taliban fighter stands guard as a woman walks past in Kabul, 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

    Protesters in support of and against the legislation outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh this weel
  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    FT Magazine
    Your women of 2022 — FT readers respond

    We asked you to nominate the most influential women of the year — here is what you sent us

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