Black Women at a Higher Risk of Gestational Diabetes
Black women who develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a 52% increased risk of developing diabetes in the future compared to white
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Black Women
The ‘Strong Black Woman’ Stereotype Is More Harmful Than We Realise
I was meeting with a white woman who I’ve known for about six months – a lovely girl with whom
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Did you know that there has only ever been 1 Black woman on The UK’s Times Richlist? This Network hopes to change that
More and more Black women are becoming entrepreneurs globally but investment in their businesses is not increasing in direct proportion
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Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama in Showtime’s First Ladies
Viola Davis will play former US First Lady Michelle Obama in a new TV drama, according to US media. The Oscar-winning
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Black women in the US have to work an extra 233 days to earn what a white man earns in a year
The gender pay gap between men and women in the US is still a big problem, and it affects some women more
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Team GB’s only black swimmer: ‘I understand why girls would quit over their hair’
“I vividly remember a black girl saying at training that the reason black girls don’t swim is because of their
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‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’
The HBO sketch series is the first with a cast of entirely black women, and an all-black women writers room.
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Network for BME women in digital health launched at Summer Schools
A new network to support and encourage women of black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds in digital health roles has
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Women’s lives ‘at risk’ as refuges for black and minority ethnic domestic-violence survivors face closure
A group of refuges for black and minority ethnic (BME) survivors of domestic abuse face closure after their funding was axed in the latest
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Women to Watch 2019: spotlight on BAME board talent of the future
Fifty leading female professionals from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are highlighted in the 2019 Women to
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California is about to ban discrimination against black workers with natural hairstyles
A black woman was denied a job in Alabama because she wouldn’t cut her dreadlocks. A black BP executive says she was
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Breast cancer taboo ‘can cause isolation’ for black women
A woman who had breast cancer has spoken out about the “isolation” people with the disease from minority ethnic communities
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Women of colour call for Dictionary.com to update its ‘offensive’ definition of Black
Black women have criticised Dictionary.com for the way it describes and offers synonyms for the word black. Some of the
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Ditching the ‘sassy black woman’ for horror
Octavia Spencer is ready to rip up the rule book, blood-soaked knife in hand. The actress and producer makes her
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Young black women are leaving Christianity and embracing African witchcraft
“We may not be Christian here, but we still pray,” said a woman dressed entirely in white as she addressed
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