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Gender equality
The power gap: How workplace and societal bias still undermine women’s progress
Sport
It’s a Barbie world — and she just joined the PWHL
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/sports/article/its-a-barbie-world-and-she-just-joined-the-pwhl/
Health
More women get Alzheimer’s than men. It may not just be because they live longer
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/alzheimer-women-risks-1.7604574
Society
Girl Guides of Canada suspends U.S. trips over restrictions, safety concerns
https://globalnews.ca/news/11322214/girl-guides-canada-pause-trips-to-us-trump-restrictions/
Sport
MLB calling up first female umpire, Jen Pawol for Marlins-Braves game
https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/mlb-calling-up-first-female-umpire-jen-pawol-for-marlins-braves-game/
Sport
Victoria Mboko’s Montreal magic: the Canadian teen who toppled four grand slam champions
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/08/victoria-mboko-montreal-wta-title-osaka-gauff-rybakina-kenin
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Former BC Premier Christy Clark talks politics, parenting, and the double standards faced by female leaders

Canadian Jazz singer Holly Cole takes us behind the music 

On the track with Nicole Havrda: Canada’s rising F1 Academy star
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Life

Shopping
What we’re ‘adding to cart’ this July
Society
My life on parole
https://chatelaine.com/longforms/life-parole-prison/
Health
I’m 36 and Childfree—and I Just Got Sterilized
https://macleans.ca/society/im-36-and-childfree-and-i-just-got-sterilized/
Beauty
How to feel sexy in a perimenopausal body
https://chatelaine.com/health/sex-and-relationships/feel-sexy-perimenopausal/
Sport
Throwing Dildos at WNBA Games Has Become a Trend. We Need to Talk About It
https://www.glamour.com/story/throwing-dildos-wnba-games-trend
Health
Why we still don’t understand what happens to women’s bodies during labour
https://theconversation.com/why-we-still-dont-understand-what-happens-to-womens-bodies-during-labour-261803
Health
Fewer women having Pap smears, StatCan finds
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/fewer-women-having-pap-smears-statcan-finds/
Mental health
2025 Mental Health Summit: Advancing women’s mental health good for employees and employers
https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/2025-mental-health-summit-advancing-womens-mental-health-good-for-employees-and-employers/
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Sport
Riding the river: Rediscovering my city through surfing
Books
The book that taught me to make the world more beautiful
Career
The strategic power of the pause
Mental health
From suicidal ideation to radical optimism: The birth of The Dark Pollyanna
Parenting
The myth of the working parent: Why we need to stop pretending it’s working
Health
Living with PCOS in my twenties
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Politics

Women Leaders
Toxic politics: Why Pam Damoff and other women are walking away
Society
Pete Hegseth Reposts Video of His Pastor Criticizing A Woman’s Right To Vote
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pete-hegseth-reposts-controversial-pastor-comments-about-women-and-voting
Gender equality
A legacy of colonialism: Senate Bill S-228 aims to criminalize the forced sterilization of women
https://www.ipolitics.ca/2025/08/07/a-legacy-of-colonialism-senate-bill-s-228-aims-to-criminalize-the-forced-sterilization-of-women/
Gender equality
Data reveals worst sectors for gender pay inequality in Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/07/jobs-and-skills-australia-gender-pay-gap-report-economic-impact
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Culture

Beauty
75% of Gen Y women are still impacted by toxic Y2K body culture, says new Dove survey
Fashion
A brand of one’s own: how Denmark’s women are redrawing fashion’s rules
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/aug/07/designing-on-their-own-terms-denmarks-women-are-redrawing-fashions-blueprint
Fashion
Zara ads banned over models who appeared ‘unhealthily thin’
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zara-ad-banned-thin-model-2025-1.7602130
Celebrity
Why Lindsay Lohan’s comeback is surprisingly healing
https://www.glamour.com/story/why-lindsay-lohans-comeback-is-surprisingly-healing
Movies
The five best films about women footballers – from Gregory’s Girl to Bend it Like Beckham
https://theconversation.com/the-five-best-films-about-women-footballers-from-gregorys-girl-to-bend-it-like-beckham-262647
Gender equality
When Alberta women changed the law: Famous 5 story comes alive in Pincher Creek
https://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_946b86be-78c4-5930-8fcc-74b815295790.html
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