“You’re incompetent!” “I NEED THE ROOM NOW!” Four days out of the week, I was screamed at for not having a patient’s room ready. I sat there for two years every evening, including weekends and holidays, being talked to like I was a stupid human being. Stuck in a windowless office in the heart of […]
Opinion The range of mental health problems experienced around pregnancy and childbirth is vast and often isn’t spoken about. Here, we share your stories Magda, a 29-year-old software developer, regularly fends off questions about when she will have her first child. Coming from a close-knit family and having been with her boyfriend for a decade, […]
Hormonal contraceptives are used by 3.5 million women in the UK alone. The medical establishment must stop dismissing the risks they carry A newly published study from the University of Copenhagen has confirmed a link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. The largest of its kind, with one million Danish women between the ages of 15 and […]
I would not want to take centre stage with the declaration that I am a feminist, because personally, I have learned where it is that I need to shine (and indeed outshine) with my God-given talents and potentials and where it is that I need to recognise the strength of the opposite sex and let […]
“You throw like a girl; you run like a girl; you drive like a girl”.For as long as I remember the term ‘like a girl’, has been seen as an insult. My question is why this term an insult to us women?. What exactly is wrong with doing something like a girl? Well we have […]