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From menstruation to fertility and mental health, we combat cultural stigma and taboo, while empowering women to embrace their bodies and minds.

July 30, 2024

Look Good Feel Better helps women face cancer with confidence (and a powerful slick of lipstick)

The organisation has helped over 190,000 Aussies in the last 34 years.

Alicia Vrajlal

June 14, 2024

Meet Angie Mashford-Scott, an advocate providing specialised counselling for those with endometriosis

There are nearly 1 million Australians with endometriosis. Angie Mashford-Scott, a fellow sufferer and advocate, runs sessions through her private counselling practice endokind to help ease the pain.

Phoebe Saintilan

June 11, 2024

‘Sextortion’: 1 in 7 adults have had someone threaten to share their intimate images

A study surveyed over 16,000 adults across multiple countries within Australia, North and Central America, Europe and Asia.

Simran Pasricha

June 10, 2024

TikTok couple Taz and Alessia on navigating mental health and social media as content creators

"The crossover between us being women and also being queer has definitely had an impact on how we’ve been received on the internet."

Alicia Vrajlal

June 6, 2024

What endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome feel like, and how to support the women in your life who may be suffering

Rashida Dungarwalla

Rashida Dungarwalla

May 23, 2024

When it comes to eye health, the gender gap is an abyss

Eye health is saturated with gender inequality. Not only are women more likely than men to be blind or have a visual impairment, but they face additional barriers to access health services that may help treat them.

Moira Chinthambi

May 13, 2024

We’re stuck with the question of whether or not to have children – and no, it’s not our fault

We’re addicted to asking all of the questions: “Will you do it?” “What has your friend said about it?” “When do you think you’ll go through with it?”

Elfy Scott

May 13, 2024

What happens when school girls are not able to afford sanitary pads in rural schools?

Watsemba Miriam, a documentary photojournalist, visited two schools in the Bududa district of Uganda to find out how school girls deal with their monthly periods.

Watsemba Miriam

May 11, 2024

Motherhood has been my greatest reckoning

I mistakenly saw my child as being a vessel by which to heal me, but this is where I was wrong. She was not my vessel to heal, but my stimulus. If I didn’t heal my wounds, then she would have to.

Cassandra Ashcroft

May 8, 2024

My grey hair is slowly becoming woven into my identity

Som Puri, 39, reflects on her experience going grey and choosing not to colour and the societal perceptions around letting yourself go.

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