Women between the ages of 15 and 44 are at greater risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, traffic accidents, war and malaria, says the UN. It says violence against women has been reported in every international or non-international warzone and that half of all women murdered are killed by their current or former partner. You can read more on the BBC here

A couple of moving (and yeah, damned attractive) videos featuring the women of the Israeli Defense Forces. Repeated by request: Click here for Video # 1 Click here for Video# 2

Demonstrations by ethnic Tamils outside of the Houses of Parliament have this morning grown considerably in size and energy, with protesters bringing traffic to a stand-still in the Parliament Square area. Whilst it is hard to estimate numbers, from the upper offices in Parliament Street it would appear that 1,500-2,000 protestors have convened this morning. The

Westminster's Labour Councillors have slammed Conservative plans to switch off dozens of traffic lights in an experiment to improve traffic flow in the West End. The experiment will start with a set of lights about 100 yards from Westminster Abbey, at the junction of Victoria Street and Strutton Ground. For the first two weeks the lights will work normally while for the following fortnight th...

It's been a truly disastrous week for women at Westminster, writes Madeleine Bunting. How did things go so badly wrong? It's been a week in which women have dominated politics; their pictures have been on the front of every paper and TV bulletin. But no one is celebrating: this has been a terrible week for women in politics. Twelve years ago the Labour victory of 1997 brought a new gener...

Women voters have proved to be a secret weapon for the Conservatives - as more of them voted for the party than men over the last few decades.

More than 500 women will meet at Labour Women’s Conference to discuss what women want and to demand action from the Government to stop women bearing the brunt of government cuts. Labour women are coming together at a crucial time to discuss the fact that women are being hit twice as hard as men by the tax and welfare changes being brought in by this Government. Changes to women’s pensi...

The larger UK political parties are bidding to boost the number of women in their ranks as polling shows they are more likely to be floating voters.

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More than 500 women will meet at Labour Women’s Conference to discuss what women want and to demand action from the Government to stop women bearing the brunt of government cuts.