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My London: Nimco Ali Joanna Taylor Where do you go to let your hair down? I used to hang out in The Conduit before it closed down. This city is really walkable, so I’ve been doing lots of walking and hanging around in parks with my friends. What podcasts do you love at the moment? One is called The C-Word, with Lena Dunham. It’s really good because it looks at women throughout history who have been called crazy and digs deep into their experiences. Also Guys We F***ed — I listened to the whole catalogue, I find it fascinating. In the bath I listen to Modern Love, the ...

Date Time UK Government launches call for evidence to improve health and wellbeing of women in England To mark International Women’s Day, the government is launching a 12-week call for evidence to better understand women’s experiences of the health and care system All women are urged to share their experiences to form the basis of a new Women’s Health Strategy The strategy will set an ambitious and positive new agenda to improve health and wellbeing and ensure health services are meeting the needs of women Launching to coincide with International Women’s Day, the call for evidence wil...

Hundreds of British girls ‘married off as children each year’ Maya Oppenheim © Provided by The Independent Hundreds of British girls are being “married off” as children each year due to UK law failing to properly protect them, campaigners have warned. Charities said child marriage is often deemed an issue for the developing world but it occurs across the UK, it is just “hidden in plain sight”. Religious marriages which are not formally registered are legally permitted to occur at any age in the UK, with girls as young as 10 sometimes married off. But it is diffic...

It is feared victims of FGM are not reporting cases in lockdown. Credit: PA By Digital Presenter and Producer Mojo Abidi Female genital mutilation figures in England are the lowest since records began - but campaigners warn this is not something to celebrate.  It is feared victims of FGM are not reporting cases because of a lack of access to services during NHS data published on Thursday revealed the number of newly recorded cases of women and girls with FGM was 2,880 in 2020 - a fall of nearly a third compared to the year before (4,085).  Charities worry the low numbers could lead to fund...

3 Min Read CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Egypt arrested a father and a retired nurse on Tuesday for carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM) on a 15-year-old girl, after announcing plans to toughen the penalty to 20 years. Police made the arrests a day after the crime was reported to the public prosecution by a doctor in a hospital about 35 km northeast of the capital, Cairo, said Sabry Osman, head of a child helpline that supports children subjected to violence. “The surgery was done at home and when the girl had severe bleeding, the father transported her to a nearby hospital,�...