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21 February 2012

Tickets On Sale For The Women Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Symposium

A host of prominent women from the worlds of business, politics, fashion and entertainment will congregate at the Women Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Symposium to lead a series of panels ...
21 February 2012

Myleene Klass and Natasha Kaplinsky help Save the Children fight for a life free from hunger

Myleene Klass and Natasha Kaplinsky are launching a new campaign, No Child Born to Die which exposes the shocking reality of hunger and malnutrition experienced by millions of children across the ...
19 January 2012

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The Facts

Body dysmorphic disorder is not widely wrote or spoke about however has gained some media attention, and is starting to build awareness. The Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) foundation describe how it effects ...
16 January 2012

Israel debates segregation of women

800 delegates from 40 different countries are expected to attend the conference in Tel Aviv, which will include a special panel upholding the rights of Israeli women after recent events ...
10 January 2012

Haiti still needs help

Two years after a catastrophic earthquake brought death and destruction to communities in and around Haiti’s capital — tearing apart families, infrastructure and the economy — the country still faces ...
22 December 2011

Domestic violence is happening - help make it stop

The number of calls reporting domestic violence during the festive season are particularly high, what would you do if you heard it happening? Nearly one in five murders in London are ...
15 December 2011

Shocking study reveals nearly 20% of women are raped in US

The study reported nearly 1 in 5 women has been raped at some point in her life. 80% of victims were first raped before the age of 25. The shocking figures, ...
14 December 2011

Womens unemployment at new high

Women's unemployment has increased again by 45,000, the worst figure recorded since 1988. Gloomy data released from The Office for National Statistics reported that the figure for unemployed women now stands ...
12 December 2011

British volunteers needed for child slave rescue missions

Why donate when you can participate? This question is posed by Harry Kent, programme advisor for Projects Abroad – the volunteer organisation which has launched a campaign to rescue and ...
6 December 2011

More Women Choosing To Set Up Business

More women than ever are choosing to work for themselves, according to new data from Simply Business, the UK’s largest online business insurance broker.  The company has seen a 12 per ...

5 December 2011

New trend helping to boost confidence

A passionate business woman has started a new trend whilst on her mission to positively transform women's wardrobes and confidence. Nicola Cupples, from Macclesfield, began My Style Companion after noticing a ...
1 December 2011

Give some hands-on help to Aids orphans

The fact that it is World Aids Day today may not make much of an impact on most people in the UK, where HIV is “yesterday’s news” – however the ...
29 November 2011

Rachel Stevens – "How I Boost My Confidence"

It seems female body confidence is at an all time low, with four in five women saying they wish they had more, according to new research. The biggest worry is weight, ...
28 November 2011

Women Best At Online Socialising

 Dr Ruth Page, of the Department of English, University of Leicester, has completed an extensive study of the use of social media – including how celebrities harness Twitter as a ...
28 November 2011

Alesha Dixon speaks out against domestic abuse

Alesha Dixon is supporting Avon's 1in4 women campaign - which exposes the shocking reality that one in four women will experience physical violence at some point in their life. The ...
24 November 2011

Women honoured for role in the workplace

Women have once again been celebrated for their presence in the workplace. Red Magazine's annual Red Hot Women Awards, in association with euphoria Calvin Klein, celebrates the impact that women ...
18 November 2011

Top Tools For Women Entrepreneurs

To empower women who might be considering the entrepreneurial route, Business Link has launched two new online services to help people to start-up and grow their businesses. The Start-Up Service, called ...

18 November 2011

Female Entrepreneurs: Lessons learnt from the US

In 2010 there were almost 1.2 million self-employed women - 30% more than there were in 2000 - but there is still a huge gap between women entrepreneurs and male ...

17 November 2011

Women of the Future Awards 2011

The best of British female talent has been recognised at this year’s Women of the Future Awards. Entrepreneur and businesswoman Hayley Gait-Golding was amongst 8 of Britain’s most inspirational young women ...

17 November 2011

Tinie Tempah, Rupert Grint and Leona Lewis among stars supporting Little Stars Award

Tinie Tempah, Leona Lewis and Rupert Grint are just a few of the stars that are backing the Little Star Awards. These unique awards, run by Cancer Research UK in ...
9 November 2011

Women's sports missing out on big sponsorship deals ahead of the Olympics

Baroness Grey-Thompson says women’s sport is ‘spectacularly missing out’ on the big deals, as leading charity says time is ripe to invest in women’s sport.A new report, from The Commission ...
7 October 2011

New charity to tackle cancer death rate in developing countries

In developing countries, breast and cervical cancer is rapidly becoming the leading cause of cancer-related deaths.  Worldwide, it is estimated that 85 per cent of cervical cancer cases occur in ...
5 October 2011

The charity Dreamgirls celebrates five years with five events

This week the charity Dreamgirls are celebrating five years since they first launched, in that time they've done some amazing work which doesn't always mean making the most money. Dreamgirls ...
30 September 2011

Rape calls increase because of Coronation Street

Rape Crisis have received a record number of calls this week, in direct response to Coronation Street storyline depicting the rape of character Carla Connor. The flagship centre in South ...