Women

Women's rights in Saudi Arabia: A timeline 2012: First female Olympic athletes Saudi Arabia agreed to allow female athletes to compete on the national team for the Olympics for the first time. One of them was Sarah Attar, who ran the women's 800 meter race at the 2012 Olympics in London wearing a headscarf. Before the Games, there was speculation that the Saudi Arabian team might be banned for gender discrimination if they didn't allow women to participate. … [Read more...] about Saudi women detained since May to go on trial

Age - more than half of sufferers are under 45 HPV infection - which affects most people at some point in their lives Smoking - responsible for 21 per cent of cases Contraceptive pill - linked to 10 per cent of cases Having children Family history of cervical or other types of cancer, like vagina Source: Cancer Research UK  … [Read more...] about Cervical cancer rates jump by 54% among women in their late 20s as charity warns of ‘stalling progress’ and urges women to go to NHS screening appointments

But Amy Giddon, director of corporate leadership at Barnard College’s Athena centre for leadership studies in New York, found in original research that “there is a disconnect between women’s confidence in their skills and abilities – which is often high – and their confidence in their ability to navigate the system to achieve the recognition and advancement they feel they deserve. Self-advocacy is a big part of this, and identified by many women in the study as the biggest barrier to their advancement.” In other words, today’s women know they can do great things; what they doubt – reasonably enough – is that they can speak well about those great things. … [Read more...] about Young women, give up the vocal fry and reclaim your strong female voice

'So I haven't really had an opportunity to be apart of the wedding planning, which I certainly want to be part of. Cara has been incredibly busy as well. So we're kind of just doing things on our own schedule. But yeah, it's taking a while, I know.' … [Read more...] about Jesse Metcalfe hits the gym… a day after being pictured canoodling two women and ‘blindsiding’ his longtime fiancée Cara Santana

Soon, with Trump’s supreme court pick, they will get exactly what they wish for, and will probably win. Where Anthony Kennedy sided with protecting Roe v Wade, his replacement is highly unlikely to follow suit. Normally conservative judicial nominees repeat the usual legal boilerplate about respecting settled law. Those words will stand for nothing when the new supreme court considers abortion rights next time. … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s only fixed position on abortion is his disdain for women