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St Monica's in Manchester does not want girls vaccinated against HPV on school grounds. Kit Roskelly argues that all schools have a responsibility to protect their pupils' health

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/hpv_vaccination 2008-10-13T13:25:08Z 2008-10-10T16:06:48Z Kit Roskelly

10-year-old Ananya is frustrated by magazines aimed at girls

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/so_you_really_t 2008-10-04T16:46:28Z 2008-10-04T16:24:10Z Ananya

Is a tampon soaked in stage blood too shocking for theatre-goers? Gemma Bolwell and Harriet Chandler report

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/09/its_only_a_bloo 2008-09-23T20:53:17Z 2008-09-22T19:59:05Z Various Authors

How would you feel if you found out the people around you chat about putting you forward for How to Look Good Naked? Kelly Draper knows all too well

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/forget_what_not 2008-08-13T20:13:58Z 2008-08-12T20:03:09Z Kelly Draper http://adventuresandjapes.blogspot.com

Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence, and can face a range of additional barriers - from inaccessible shelters onwards, Clare Laxton reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/domestic_violen 2008-07-12T18:44:16Z 2008-07-12T18:19:29Z Clare Laxton

Although women shoulder most of the housework burden, men also vacuum, wash up and do the laundry. Kristine Bergström wonders why TV advertising persists in pretending otherwise?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/mamas_mop_and_b 2008-06-09T21:50:33Z 2008-06-09T21:09:00Z Kristine Bergström

Violent men do not attack girls or women because they are 'vulnerable', argues Jennifer Drew, and it deflects attention from the perpetrators to pretend otherwise

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/there_is_a_buzz 2008-05-19T21:53:27Z 2008-05-19T21:31:33Z Jennifer Drew

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/the_oxbridge_se 2008-05-12T21:29:42Z 2008-05-11T22:03:34Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

Beyond the mainstream of 'gangster pop', Nino argues hip hop can be - and is - feminist

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/hip_hop_ladies 2008-05-08T08:02:00Z 2008-05-07T22:04:32Z Nino http://www.myspace.com/noisewontstop

Girls and women need to give themselves a break from the endless preoccupation with fat, argues Katie Muller

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/fat 2008-05-09T13:01:55Z 2008-05-07T19:54:22Z Katie Muller

A spate of convictions has put femicide into the headlines again. But, as Jennifer Drew reports, the media is still blaming women - and ignoring 'everyday' incidents of male violence against women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/the_epidemic_of 2008-04-06T11:25:34Z 2008-04-06T10:41:21Z Jennifer Drew

Approaching men on the street and asking them to undress and be photographed can be frightening - and highlights the struggle for women to find equality. Alex Brew explains

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/walking_on_eggs 2008-04-02T21:45:41Z 2008-04-02T20:52:37Z Alex Brew

All over the planet women are denied the most basic rights. Ruthie Samuel asks: where is the outrage?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/uk_feminists_mu 2008-02-06T00:19:20Z 2008-02-04T21:47:25Z Ruthie Samuel

Alex Gibson considers the harm done by stereotypes of men as beer-swilling, emotionally-stunted brutes

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/men_stereotypes 2008-02-02T19:12:49Z 2008-02-02T17:01:01Z Alex Gibson

Corsets were bad news for Victorian women, argues Laurie Penny, and modern incarnations are little better

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/of_corset_matte 2008-02-14T17:31:50Z 2008-02-02T11:17:57Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/