UK Athletics bans transgender athletes from female competition | Athletics
UK Athletics will proceed with plans to exclude athletes who have gone through male puberty from its female events from Friday but will continue to...
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Rolls-Royce appoints first female finance chief in boardroom shake-up | Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has appointed its first female finance chief as part of a boardroom shake-up by the chief executive, Tufan Erginbilgic, who has promised to instil...
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Brazil’s female diplomats in new equality push after dark days of Bolsonaro | Brazil
More than a century after Maria José de Castro Rebello Mendes became, in 1918, the first woman to enter Brazil’s diplomatic service, the country’s female...
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Alexia Putellas is first female player to regain Guardian top 100 crown | Women’s football
It is fair to say that 2022 was the most competitive and difficult year to choose the best 100 female footballers, with 358 players receiving...
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The 100 best female footballers in the world 2022 – Nos 100-11
Sophia Smith, Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Alessia Russo all feature as we are down to No11 on our list with The Offside Rule Podcast. The men’s...
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‘Every chemist has a backroom’: how medicalised FGM risks gains made in Kenya | Female genital mutilation (FGM)
In Kisii town, south-west Kenya, a rundown roadside building houses a pharmacy. Narrow broken windows allow little light into the bare-shelved dispensary. The ground floor...
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JK Rowling launches support centre for female victims of sexual violence | JK Rowling
JK Rowling is funding a new support and counselling service for survivors of sexual violence in Edinburgh. The author, who has written about her own...
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Medieval female burial site found near Harpole is ‘most significant ever discovered’ in UK | Archaeology
Archaeologists don’t often bounce with excitement, but the Museum of London Archeology team could hardly contain themselves on Tuesday as they unveiled an “exhilarating” discovery...
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Stéphanie Frappart to become first female referee at men’s World Cup game | World Cup 2022
The French referee Stéphanie Frappart will lead the first all-female officiating team for a men’s World Cup match when she takes charge of Costa Rica...
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Far-right Giorgia Meloni appointed Italy’s first female prime minister | Giorgia Meloni
Giorgia Meloni has formed Italy’s new ruling coalition, giving the country its first far right-led government since the end of the second world war. A...