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We all know that crash test and CPR dummies are modelled on the ‘average’ male body – meaning women are 17 more likely to die in a car crash…

Crash test dummies have made cars safer, but design restrictions lead to discrepancies

Designers and researchers are now trying to leverage cutting-edge technology to create a system that better protects every body, women’s included.

Analysis: acknowledging the shocking female health gap is only a first step – ministers must put money into reversing it

Mutual aid fulfills needs, but it also builds stronger, more resilient communities.

Whether it’s periods, fertility, menopause or pleasure, women’s health is woefully under-researched, misunderstood in the workplace and lagging in marketing representation. As part of The Drum’s Marketing and the Marginalized Deep Dive, we meet the women using their platforms to change women’s health taboos for the better.

Many businesses have fallen short of the requirements that make a gender-neutral product genuinely inclusive for women. Amarachi Seery, Sustainability Analyst, discusses why it makes good investment sense to design for inclusivity.

Data is central to helping us drive and make decisions. It enables us to analyze the operating environment to assess trends and patterns in complex systems. Data is critical to gaining an information advantage against potential adversaries and is a hallmark of Joint All Domain Operations (JADO).  As you reflect on the ideas in The Social Dilemma, consider how hidden data bias can unconsciously affect our decision-making, judgment, and reasoning and how robust data and analysis plays an import...

Saturday, May 1: On sexual misconduct in the military (and elsewhere); and more observations about vaccines. You can write to us at letters@ottawacitizen.com

Reluctantly. The Solicitors Regulation Authority has changed the way it collects information about the sex of people working in law. The move affects its biennial Diversity Questionnaire and follows the recent High Court ruling which ordered the Office of National Statistics to change its guidance for the 2021 Census. The SRA said that it had altered its approach "after considering the research undertaken by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in preparation for the 2021 Census and listen...