Are women the stronger sex?
The weaker sex? The fairer sex? The female body has often been viewed as less strong and less powerful than that of men. Datshiane Navanayag...
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Giving stature to women
Statues in parks and city centres are meant to celebrate history and inspire for the future. But it's thought that in nearly every country i...
Female film-makers join forces
The film industry is massively dominated by men. But women-only film festivals are shaking things up, celebrating the female directors, prod...
Women and the stigma of Tourette’s
Tourette syndrome is a motor disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. Characterized by movement tics and at least one vocal tic, it...
Play to learn
There has been a marked increase in enrolment in early childhood education globally, but access and approaches differ hugely around the worl...
Helping women deal with trauma
Traumatic events can leave an enduring psychological impact. Datshiane Navanayagam talks to two psychologists about how they help women heal...
Fan fiction: a writer's playground
Have you ever finished a book or television series and wished you could stay longer in that world? Fan fiction is a thriving art form, with...
The impact of epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain condition that causes repeated episodes of sudden, brief changes in the brain's electrical activity causing seizures or...
The challenges for women in palliative care
Confronting the death of a loved one – or the end of our own life – can be frightening and overwhelming. And yet it is something that will h...
Women saving amphibians from extinction
Datshiane Navanayagam talks to Whitley Fund for Nature winners from India and South Africa who are protecting endangered frogs and salamande...
Catfishing and its consequences
Online romance fraud and 'catfishing' – when someone pretends to be someone they’re not - is a problem across the globe. It causes financial...
Falling in love with flowers
Datshiane Navanayagam meets the women behind leading nurseries and flower farms in Germany and America. From a vase of cut roses to the pere...
Resolving conflict in relationships
Divorce and separation are often a time of upset and distress. Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women in Latvia and the UK whose work as mediators i...
Newspaper cartoonists: Drawing on women’s lives
Newspaper cartooning has a long history of using satire and humour to provide social commentary on the issues of the day – but how do female...
The women rethinking rice farming
Rice nourishes 3.5 billion people worldwide with women providing the majority of agricultural labour – especially in poorer countries. Datsh...
How war shapes women's lives
As war flares across the Middle East, and conflicts rage in other parts of the world, it is often said that women and girls are the hardest...
My image was used without my consent
From “deepfakes” to “stealth filming”, women around the world are having their image stolen and shared online. Datshiane Navanayagam speaks...
Supporting women with endometriosis
It's thought that around one in ten women of childbearing age have endometriosis, yet it often takes years of excessively painful periods an...
How mother tongue moulds us
Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to two women who research what happens to our thoughts, feelings and behaviours when we speak many languages. T...
How to share a top job
Ella Al-Shamahi talks to women in Switzerland and the UK about how job sharing can boost a career and bring many benefits to both work and h...