Women articles
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Zara McDermott slams societal expectations of women to get married and have children: 'Women are so much more than people to marry and child-bear!'
Zara McDermott, 27, has clapped back at societal expectations of women to get married and have children, saying: 'Women are so much more than child-bearers!'
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Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record
It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...
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NHS set to ban trans women from female-only wards under plans put forward by ministers that will also mean women patients can ask for a female doctor
New version of NHS Constitution ensures women-only spaces are protected. Patients can request a doctor of the same biological sex for 'intimate care'. Trans patients will have own private spaces where hospital can provide them