Getty Images The number of single women and female couples undergoing IVF or artificial insemination in the UK has risen over the past decade, a report from the fertility regulator shows. The number of single women having treatment, including in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), has increased from 1,400 in 2012 to 4,800 in 2022, while the number … Read more
BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one of the … Read more
BBC Anna Cooper has had 17 operations and is in constant pain Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020, BBC research reveals. Records show around three-quarters of a million (755,046) women’s health appointments are waiting to happen – up from 360,400 just before the pandemic. This would … Read more
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren shows the party’s manifesto for Assembly election, in Ranchi on Monday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Monday (November 12, 2024) released its manifesto for Assembly elections promising 33% of reservation to women in State government jobs. The manifesto, unveiled by party supremo Shibu … Read more
The Health Department had rolled out the community-based cancer screening programmes in four districts of Erode, Ranipet, Kanniyakumari and Tirupattur in November 2023. File photograph | Photo Credit: GOVARTHAN M At a time when Tamil Nadu is taking ahead its community-based organised cancer screening programme, the Directorate of Public Health (DPH) and Preventive Medicine is … Read more
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule release Maha Vikas Aghadi’s manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai, Sunday (November 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched the joint manifesto for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for the upcoming … Read more
BBC One woman was hospitalised after an internal organ was “hit”, the BBC has been told Videos of a beautician performing surgical procedure liposuction in a beauty salon have been shared with the BBC after several women complained they were left injured and disfigured by the treatment. Luxury Medical Aesthetics and Academy based in Clapham, … Read more
GIPSWU have demanded that the Central and State governments step up to regulate employment in the gig economy through labour laws, extend social security rights such as EPF, employees’ pension scheme and more and make the Maternity Benefits Act applicable to the sector. File photo | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B Bengaluru The Gig and … Read more
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday reviewed the various initiatives undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women. During the meeting, he reviewed the status of the Tamil Nadu Rural Incubator and Startup Enabler Women Startup Mission (TN-RISE) in the State. He instructed officials to take steps to market the … Read more
Despite largely being forgotten and undervalued, Muslim women have created their own space and established their rightful place in society, said Shamshad Hussain K.T., Professor, Tirur regional centre of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, here on Saturday. She said a large number of Muslim women had found their voice through periodicals and other publications in … Read more