women

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Cambridge Festival celebrates pioneering women for International Women’s Day

07 Mar 2025

For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival (19 March – 4 April) is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women...

Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival

08 Mar 2024

From pre-eclampsia and its lasting impact on women’s health to inequitable distribution of domestic and caring labour in different-sex couples to an...

CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Carmel McEniery

01 Mar 2024

Dr Carmel McEniery is a Senior Research Associate in the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics at the University of Cambridge and...

The medical student tackling the taboo around periods

03 Jul 2023

Fifth-year medical student, Ashna Biju, is not afraid to talk about the topics that other people would rather avoid. She’s passionate about public...

Extreme weather and climate events likely to drive increase in gender-based violence

13 Jun 2022

As the climate crisis leads to more intense and more frequent extreme weather and climate-related events, this in turn risks increasing the amount of...

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Women are ‘running with leaded shoes’ when promoted at work, says study

19 Apr 2022

Promotion at work has greater emotional benefit for men than women, says a new study on gender and workplace emotion.

The woman who brought Space Invaders to the UK and is championing women’s sport

08 Mar 2019

She was the first woman in the UK to hold a gaming licence, secured a £27.5 million grant to move Birmingham Children’s Hospital across the city and...

Making the numbers count: supporting and engaging women at every career stage

15 Jun 2018

Researchers call for gender equality and career support for women in the workplace, and an end to “the doom and gloom narrative” over their limited...