How To Deal With Stress In Midlife – What It Helps Women To Know
Why hormones make stress management different at 50 from at 30 and how to cope with the changes. Here are top tips from Jill Davey to help you thrive.
Issues
The Current Moment: What’s Ageism Got To Do With It?
Ashton Applewhite ponders how to combat ageism when other higher-profile prejudices continue and even become more socially acceptable.
Sorry kids! And other Europeans… Brexit
Rachel Lankester rues the day the UK voted to leave the EU and looks at the impact it will have on British young people and their fellow Europeans.
Dealing With Stress Around Financial Problems
Tips for dealing with the stress associated with financial problems later in life. How to help yourself and avoid potential pitfalls.
Famine In East Africa Makes Mothers Desperate To Feed Their Children
Famine in East Africa means mothers cannot feed their children. The Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched a new appeal.
Women, the pay gap & work disputes – is age the final frontier?
Top tips to help if you suspect you may be suffering from age discrimination and the insidious gender pay gap from Pam Kenworthy OBE.
International Women’s Day – How To Change Continuing Inequality
Pam Kenworthy reflects on how International Women’s Day is an opportunity to look at how we can all fight to change continuing inequality concerning women.
HOW many calories in Easter eggs?! And burning those off…
You may not care at the moment about putting on any extra calories. You may not even be able to get your favourite Easter egg. But in case you’re interested perhaps for future reference, here’s how many calories in Easter eggs.
My Women’s March on Washington
Rachel Lankester writes about her day on the Women’s March on Washington and why she believes now is the time for women to stand up and really make a difference.
Democracy Is A Woman
Dr. Viola Kanevsky organised a bus to get demonstrators from New York to the Women’s March on Washington. She shares her impressions of the day.
Trumping Frumping – Midlife Rebels With A Cause
Alana Kirk champions the midlife rebels not content to be put in their place that she found at Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond.
Jane Fonda: Ageing and Activism
Rae Ritchie looks back at Jane Fonda’s life of activism, her contribution to the debate on ageing and the contradictions she has dodged. What a life!
How to prevent identity theft – top tips
Identity theft and fraud are massive issues growing every day. Here’s what you need to know and some top tips on how to protect yourself .
Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond – what we got up to!
A review of the fabulous Magnificence in Midlife & Beyond event held in London on 12 November 2016. The Muttoneers had a blast!
Tackling the lack of women in science
A look at the lack of women in science and how Cancer Research UK and the Women of Influence Campaign are working to change that.
What Women Want 2.0 – What Do You Want?
The What Women Want 2.0 survey is seeking a million women to answer the question: what do you want? And so change the world! Have your say!
Counting the invisible girls – Plan’s latest campaign
Currently millions of girls are ‘invisible’ to governments and policy makers because vital data is not being recorded about their lives.
Why Timor-Leste needs us to take notice
Imogen Wilson writes about the devastating drought affecting Timor-Leste and why its people need us to take notice of their plight.
Job search age discrimination- Rejection letters from the young
Carla Stockton highlights job search age discrimination in an open letter to the latest in a line of young recruiters who rejected her.
Selling used cars – women know best!
A recent survey found women know more than men about selling used cars. Here’s what you need to know to get the best price for your car.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness – symptoms, treatment, & spreading the word
Annwen Jones of Target Ovarian Cancer tells us what we need to know about ovarian cancer, its symptoms and treatment, and why we need to talk about it.
Violence against women & girls – especially the Yazidis
By Rachel Lankester. Telling the world about the plight of the Yazidis. I spent last weekend at the WOW Festival and realised I hadn’t fulfilled…
Helping the refugees in Lesbos
In October 2015 Kulvinder Jhalli decided to use part of her Greek holiday to help the refugees in Lesbos. Here she tells us what it was like.
A jaw-dropping exhibit – Ai Weiwei
A review of the magnificent retrospective of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s work at the Royal Academy in London.
Soft sexism – we know it’s there but so difficult to prove
By MC staff. Earlier this year Ellen Pao lost her huge lawsuit against her former employer, venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers,…