Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
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A football manager from Gravesend has won an award from a governing body for her work encouraging Sikh women to take up the game.
Parm Gill was given the Uefa Grassroots Gold Award after she set up Guru Nanak Ladies.
At least 75 women and girls now play for Guru Nanak FC.
It is hoped the club’s success will encourage more women from Asian communities to get into football. More
A new motor racing series aimed exclusively at women is to launch in 2019, with the aim of finding the world’s first female Formula One champion.
Motorsport remains largely dominated by men, a detail the inaugural W Series hopes to change. But high-level women’s racing has, over the years, produced some extraordinary talent – and the almost-forgotten life story of Helle Nice, winner of the first ever Grand Prix for Women in 1929, is among the most extraordinary of any driver in motor racing history. More
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years.
Donna Strickland, from Canada, is only the third woman winner of the award, along with Marie Curie, who won in 1903, and Maria Goeppert-Mayer, who was awarded the prize in 1963.
Dr Strickland shares this year’s prize with Arthur Ashkin, from the US, and Gerard Mourou, from France.
It recognises their discoveries in the field of laser physics. More
Captain America and co were left in a tricky position at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, but help may be at hand with the arrival of Captain Marvel.
The first trailer for Brie Larson’s Marvel movie has premiered ahead of its 2019 release.
Marvel Studios Chief Kevin Feige has described Carol Danvers as “the most powerful character” so far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
So it seems there’s finally someone set to go toe-to-toe with villain Thanos. More
Periods and football are two things rarely, if ever, mentioned in the same sentence.
Still a taboo subject, many people will still ask – in 2018 – what periods have got to do with the sport.
But with more than a quarter of Premier League fans women, it has never been more relevant than it is now.
So, with that in mind, meet Orlaith Duffy, Erin Slaven and Mikaela McKinley – three Celtic fans behind the ‘On The Ball’ campaign to get free sanitary products in football grounds around the UK. More
An artist in India is challenging sexist drawings of women in comic books by parodying them using male heroes in poses typically associated with women.
She-Hulk has superhuman strength and speed and is one of the most formidable hand-to-hand combatants in the Marvel world.
Like Hulk, not only does she have physical power, she’s also completely green.
Yet, on a 1991 comic book cover, she is shown in a seductive pose, wearing a G-string bikini, with her curves sharply accentuated.
Indian artist Shreya Arora was shocked when she saw the image.
“For Hulk, the visual representation focuses on his strength. For She-Hulk, all we see is an emphasis on sexuality,” says Arora, who grew up reading comic books. More
Adele’s best friend says the singer was the first one to spot her postpartum psychosis.
Laura Dockrill gave birth to a baby boy, who is Adele’s godson, in February this year.
“She recognised it in me, I was on the phone FaceTiming her and she was the first one to detect what I might have,” Laura told Radio 1 Newsbeat.
The serious mental illness affects one in one thousand mums and can lead to hallucinations after giving birth.
Laura said: “The last six months can only be described as hell, it’s been the worst time of my life.”
She says her symptoms were “insomnia, delusions, suspiciousness and paranoia”, and has written a blog post to share her experience with mums who might be going through the same thing.
Adele shared Laura’s story and described it as “intimate and heartbreaking”. More
Jamie Chadwick became the first woman to win a British Formula 3 race by claiming victory at Brands Hatch.
Chadwick moved from fourth on the grid to second by the end of the first lap and stayed behind Singapore’s Pavan Ravishankar for the rest of the race.
When Ravishankar incurred a 10-second penalty for a jump start, Chadwick secured a historic win.
“Today shows it’s possible [to win] and nothing to do with my gender,” said the Bath-born 20-year-old.
Chadwick said she knew Ravishankar would be punished but hoped it would be a drive-through penalty as she “wanted to win on the road”.
“When I’m on the money I know I can be the quickest or one of the quickest,” she said. More
A campaigning suffragette who became Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s first female GP has been honoured with a plaque.
Ethel Williams set up her practice in 1904 after championing better health care for women and children.
Despite graduating from the London School of Medicine, she had to gain her internship abroad as women at that time could not train in British hospitals.
A plaque commemorating her achievements has been erected by the local council on the house where she lived. More
The Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG) is to start studying the sky again after a break of 60 years.
British astronomy’s historic home has installed new telescopes in its Grade II listed Altazimuth Pavilion, which has also undergone a restoration.
The new facility is to be named after Annie Maunder, one of the first female scientists to work at the ROG and who made key discoveries about the Sun. More