The Mediterranean diet can protect women from uterine cancer
An Italian study published in the British Journal of Cancer reveals that women who eat a Mediterranean diet show a reduced risk of developing uterine cancer.
The photos of the last surviving Chinese women with bound feet
We speak to Jo Farrell, the photographer who has taken the horror out of foot binding, aka “lotus feet”, and put tenderness into the story.
The plight of the Rohingya, the drifting invisible community
Thousands of Rohingya are lost at sea. The media remains silent on a tragedy that recalls that of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
Mazen Darwish: “There are no prisons big enough for free speech”
Mazen Darwish, Syrian journalist currently in prison, is the winner of the World Press Freedom Prize 2015 of UNESCO.
Amnesty International and the body bags on Brighton’s shores
200 body bags appeared on Brighton’s shores. Amnesty International put them there to raise awareness on the plight of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, not far from the English sea town.
Women, guardians of biodiversity in Nepal. The photos in a WWF feature
In some of the most biodiverse forests in the world, women are responsible for safeguarding the environment. James Morgan’s photo feature documents the WWF’s project in the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal.
Millennium Development Goals: What has and hasn’t been achieved
We’re ever nearer the deadline of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. What has and hasn’t been done to better women’s conditions globally.
Piplantri, the village that plants trees for women
New life for Indian women begins in the little village of Piplantri, Rajasthan, where 111 trees are planted for every girl that is born.
The women of Isis: fighters and slaves
The women of Isis come in many shades: some are recruits whilst others are victims of abuse. All see their freedoms curtailed.
Afghanistan, men in burqas to celebrate International Women’s Day
Men wearing burqas marched in Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of International Women’s Day: “wearing it is like being in jail”.