For some it's barbaric, for others a religious imperative. But why, asks Sally Feldman, is circumcision still the most frequently performed operation in the world?
Will you be a dentured crone, a leotarded granny, mutton dressed as lamb or an overweight harridan? Sally Feldman enters the mid-life maelstrom
Anti-abortion groups have found a new way to deny women their rights, says Solana Larsen. And this time it's global
Eliane Glaser challenges a core British value
Danny Postel remembers the daring philosophy of Richard Rorty, who died in June 2007
Soft porn, sluttish brides and honour killings. Another routine week for feminist journalist Natalie Haynes
Once a liberal pin-up and intellectual leader of the global human rights movement, Michael Ignatieff has now fallen out with some of his closest friends. Laurie Taylor tracks an acrimonious battle
Nick Cohen reflects on the book that changed his mind about Bush and Blair's war on terror
There can be no compromise on the universality of human rights. And cultural relativism both compromises women's rights and justifies sexual apartheid.
Linda Melvern analyses the failure of the international community in Rwanda