"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
Rashida Dungarwalla
- Rashida Dungarwalla
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
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
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
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
Som Puri, 39, reflects on her experience going grey and choosing not to colour and the societal perceptions around letting yourself go.
- Som Puri
From ethical non-monogamy to body positivity and dating with a disability, sexologist Chantelle Otten and Lucille McCart say nothing is off limits.
- Alicia Vrajlal
I have carried the weight of these stories with me for my whole life, because I wasn’t brave enough to speak out—and because I didn’t want to accept it. But we can’t heal what we don’t talk about.
- Zoe Simmons
The changes will be particularly helpful for women living with conditions including epilepsy, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases and more.
- Hannah Diviney