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You might have cravings for sweet treats while you’re pregnant, but a recent study shows that pregnant women who overindulge may be more likely to have a child with allergies or asthma. [1]

Online campaign #WhiteWednesdays, which protests the obligatory wearing of headscarves for women in Iran, is gaining momentum
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It’s Peak Reading Season: too hot to go outside, too lethargic to do much inside, no holidays coming up for a while. Polls and anecdotes are probably telling you that reading is on the decline – people just don’t read like they used to! – but it turns out that reading is still popular. And that would've been terrible news a century ago, and in the century before that, and all the way back to the ancient Greeks.

When she won her seat in the 2015 general election, Mhairi Black became the youngest MP to be elected in Britain since 1667. She features in a book, The Female Lead, which is designed to inspire a new generation of girls
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Brenda Berkman was among a group of women who sued New York City’s fire department for sex discrimination in 1982. They won and she became one of the city’s first female firefighters
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Why do girls struggle to name female role models beyond fashion or social media celebrities? A book that showcases 60 inspiring women is being donated to 18,000 schools in a bid to challenge this
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Back in the days of churning your own butter, food prep took up the same hours as a full-time job – 44 hours per week on average. In the US, that time has been cut down to one hour per week. Even in India, with the world's highest food prep time, women spend 31 fewer hours per week than US women in 1900. The market's innovation made this possible, but there's still progress to be made.

A tattoo artist in Russia is helping domestic violence survivors reclaim their bodies. It helps them believe they can start afresh, finds Manon Masset, reporting for Le Courrier de Russie
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A record number of female MPs will take up seats in the House of Commons after more than 200 women were elected in Thursday’s general election
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Strange as it sounds, there are places “where sweatshops are a dream” offering life-transforming wages. Particularly for women. So can we stop with the stigma against factory work?