Figures in a recent Sunday Times report revealed that, for a professorship in science, women get paid an average of £5,000 less than men – the figure rising to as much as £21,000 in some institutions.

The Monthly Gift is a Manchester campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the issues women sleeping rough face dealing with their periods and increase donations of sanitary products to the homeless and those in need.

The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book entitled When Men Murder Women, published by Oxford University Press.

At the manchester Fringe Festival launch MM caught up with performer and co-creator of FoolSize Theatre Joanne Tremarco to chat about her upcoming show Women Who Wank.

Bolton’s serial flasher, who exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl and four women between 23 and 41 in just six hours, is still on the loose but police have managed to put together an e-fit of the pervert.

Mancunians have been urged to rally together to have one of the women’s rights movement’s most important ‘forerunners’ recognised for good.

A Manchester fitness expert thinks that campaigns such as Women’s Sports Week is the perfect time for more women to celebrate and champion their right to participate in and benefit from sports.

A Salford photography and make-up studio who aim to provide a confidence boost for women and make visitors feel ‘ten foot tall’ have been nominated at this year’s National Vintage Awards.

As #EndTamponTax does the rounds on Twitter and the petition ‘Stop taxing periods. Period’ gains more than 200,000 the University of Manchester is looking into ways to make sanitary products cheaper for their female students.

Feminists from across the country overtook the Whitworth Gallery last night for their event Sex and the Stereotype.

The ‘Believe in Her’ campaign promotes the successes of local women in billboards and bus adverts across the borough and several local celebrities.