Girl power! Celebs help launch campaign to celebrate ‘inspirational’ Wigan women
The ‘Believe in Her’ campaign promotes the successes of local women in billboards and bus adverts across the borough and several local celebrities.
We ooze sex but won’t talk about it: Fashion pro calls for little more conversation little less action please
We may not be more open to talking about sex but we’re certainly more willing to flaunt our bodies, says a London College of Fashion professor ahead of Manchester’s next episode of Sexology Season.
Slut vs stud: Cosmo sex therapist says ‘women still carry so much sexual shame’
Cosmopolitan’s resident sex therapist, Rachel Morris, discusses the significant harmful difference between how men and women are perceived sexually ahead of Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby debate at Manchester’s Contact Theatre
Knickerbocker g(l)ory: Manchester women sell their DIRTY knickers on Craigslist
People have been known to air their dirty laundry on the internt but now some Manchester women are taking the term literally, selling their worn knickers on Craigslist.
Prison system ‘fails’ female offenders… but GMP ‘have the answer’ for Manchester
Female offenders are being ‘failed’ by the current rehabilitation system, which ‘cannot help women’ – yet Greater Manchester Police claim their ground-breaking initiative will reduce the number who re-offend.
Does The Sun’s Page 3 exploit or empower women? Manchester’s verdict
This morning’s mischievous revelation by The Sun that they will continue to publish photographs of topless women on their notorious Page Three has sparked anger among campaigners, who were – just hours ago – celebrating a victory for the No More Page Three campaign.
Yes Matters: Bolton mum campaigns for consent in ‘very sexualised society’
Gemma Aitchison, 28, set up the Yes Matters movement in 2013 after her sister, Sasha Marsden, was brutally murdered and set on fire in an alleyway in Blackpool, aged 16.
No more Page 3… but fight against sexism continues, says Manchester campaigner
The Sun’s decision to whip its topless models off Page 3 is a positive sign of progress but a small step in the fight against sexism, according to a Manchester campaigner.
The prickly issue of women’s body hair: Sick social pressure or just basic beauty?
Women’s body hair – it seems it’s quite divisive. For many it’s either too sensitive or too squeamish an issue to discuss, but for others it almost sums up the entire feminist debate.
Nip(ple)/tuck: Should mums cover up when breastfeeding in public?
Louise Burns, 35, said she was ‘shocked’ and ‘appalled’ when staff at Claridge’s hotel asked her to use a large napkin to cover herself while she breastfed her three-month-old daughter.
Price of fame: Manchester say pressure to look good forces celebs to go under knife
Since the pictures emerged rumours have begun to spread across Hollywood that Bridget Jones actress may have gone under the knife