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The post-war adverts that tried to cure lonely women

Isolated housewives, lonely female office workers: while the 1950s saw the birth of a general concern about them, manufacturers also spotted an opportunity. Find out how advertising promised that products could salve solitude.

  • Article

Why are women more willing donors than men?

Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?

  • Photo story

’No you’re not’ – a portrait of autistic women

In this sensitive series of portraits and interviews, photographer Rosie Barnes acknowledges the voices and experiences of autistic women.

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How the mental health system fails Black people

Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.

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  • A purple condom against a yellow backdrop with a message that condoms work; advertisement by the North, Central and Southern Health, New Zealand and numerous other organizations. Colour lithograph.
  • Adult hands reach out for a child's hand representing an advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week 4th to 10th October 1993 by the Candian AIDS Society. Colour lithograph by Jules de Niverville.
  • Dr. Scott's electric corset : health, strength, comfort, elegance : a great boon to delicate ladies : a beautiful invention ... / the Pall Mall Electric Association.
  • Two smiling women leaning on a hand rail representing women who want safe sex with a list of AIDS-related helplines for women in Australia; advertisement by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • Three middle-aged women sit chatting at table in a cafe representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A woman wearing dungarees and another wearing a spotted top stand smiling in a street representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A group of women and their babies in a kitchen representing an advertisement for safe sex for women by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.
  • A condom with a message to women about the need to use condoms to prevent the spread of HIV; part of the Alberta HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns for young adults. Lithograph by Greg Gerla/West 11th Photography.
  • A door with six panels bearing vignettes of further doors representing an advertisement for women with AIDS by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Dreadnaught and Jan Fieldsend.
  • A man sits with a woman on a bench looking out to sea while holding the hand of a man sitting on the end; an advertisement for The Women Partners of Bisexual Men Project with the telephone lines of the AIDS Council of NSW, AIDS Hotline and Family Planning Association. Colour lithograph, [1994].
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