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Marriage – good for the heart and good for the wallet
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 2009 – 13:00 | 5 Comments
Marriage – good for the heart and good for the wallet

(C) DeusXFlorida
On Match of the Day today, Harriet Harman V David Cameron. Gordon Brown’s very left hand woman has stepped up her war on the Tory pledge to ‘reward’ those who marry and stay married, …

A woman’s place is in the ring
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 11:22 | 11 Comments
A woman’s place is in the ring

Illegal in England until November 1996 when the Amateur Boxing Association of England voted to lift a 116-year-old ban on the sport, Women’s Boxing will be included in the Olympics Games for …

Health and Safety Gone Wrong
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009 – 15:27 | 8 Comments
Health and Safety Gone Wrong

(c) FreeFoto
Yesterday something happened on the bus that revealed a more worrying side to health and safety than the pedantry and bureaucracy with which it is usually associated. Two wheelchair users got on and a …

What if women ruled the world?
Monday, 14 Sep, 2009 – 10:00 | One Comment
What if women ruled the world?

(c) morning theft
So, a far right rally in Birmingham earlier this month turned to chaos as bottles were hurled between South Asian youths and far right thugs. Ninety people were arrested. I did wonder, were they all white? …

Gender equality: what do we really want?
Tuesday, 18 Aug, 2009 – 11:00 | 2 Comments
Gender equality: what do we really want?

A recent study by the LSE shows that “having more women in the boardroom improves a company’s governance but can actually have a negative effect on its bottom line.” The research shows that women have …

On Parliamentarians and Parliamentariennes
Thursday, 6 Aug, 2009 – 15:00 | 4 Comments
On Parliamentarians and Parliamentariennes

(c) Marieke van Santen
While I extend my congratulations to the new MP for Norwich North, Chloe Smith, I do hate it when women are elected as MPs. Allow me to explain why.
Last weekend it was revealed …

Harman’s message is right; her legislation isn’t
Tuesday, 21 Jul, 2009 – 14:19 | 2 Comments
Harman’s message is right; her legislation isn’t

(c) Markus Rödder
Harriet Harman’s crusade against inequality is to extend to prejudice against the North, with particular emphasis on recruiting more Northerners to the boards of public bodies, according to yesterday’s Mail on Sunday.
Whilst Ms …