Category: Women

Healthcare technology designed to target a wide range of women’s issues is less likely to get funding if there is a woman on the founding team, according to research. Female founders of femtech products – short for female technology – are also less likely to secure funding if they use “advocacy” words in their funding […]

Thank you for publishing this article during October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month (Paul and Jack were murdered by their abusive father. Why had the family courts granted him contact?, 1 October). I’m a trustee for Mums In Need, a charity supporting mothers in Sheffield affected by post-separation coercive control. So much of what you’ve said […]

There is so much confusing information on social media about skincare, but it’s crucial to get advice from experts. When puberty starts, hormone levels shift and the skin sometimes becomes oilier and more acne-prone. “The oil can mix with dead skin cells and bacteria which can clog pores, leading to pimples, blackheads, inflammation and acne,” […]

When Shiori Ito arranged to meet Noriyuki Yamaguchi for dinner at a Tokyo izakaya (bar) in April 2015, she was hoping for advice on her fledgling career as a journalist and, perhaps, a recommendation for a job. Yamaguchi, the former Washington bureau chief of Tokyo Broadcasting System, a respected TV network, was well connected. He […]

As a single mum, Lara was always busy. “I was living in Bristol and working as a child protection lawyer, which was a tough job,” she says. “But I was also enjoying myself and going out as much as I could when my children were with their dad.” One night in the autumn of 2014, […]

A couple of years ago the eczema on my face got so bad even putting on moisturiser hurt, which made me curious about what was causing the irritation. Depending on the severity of your eczema, you may need to keep your makeup routine minimal or take a break during flare-ups. “Ingredients like preservatives, fragrances and […]

I was thinking about breasts as I watched The Substance. Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror fable features Demi Moore as a newly 50, supposedly fading fitness star who makes a pharmaceutical Faustian pact allowing her to create a nubile 20-year-old (played by Margaret Qualley) to replace her half the time. Breasts aren’t Fargeat’s main focus – it’s […]

It was at the back of a school hall, sitting on a blue plastic chair, watching my son erratically kick a chest-height dummy while a medley of synth instrumental numbers twanged in the background, that I finally had to admit something I have long suspected: I have issues with laundry. Like many of my generation, […]

A BBC documentary into the sexual predation of Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods from 1985 to 2010, found more than 20 women who testified to abuse by Fayed and five who were raped by him. Since the programme was aired last Thursday, lawyers representing the victims have said there are probably many more out […]

When you visit Zandra Rhodes you don’t just walk into her flat, you’re invited into her psyche, stepping into the orange cubist block, crossing a sparkling terrazzo lobby and then rising up to a penthouse decorated in deep and dusty shades of pink. In her 83 years, Rhodes has become famous for how she plays […]