Slice of life
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?
Human Rights & Ethics
Change, change, change
Will you be a dentured crone, a leotarded granny, mutton dressed as lamb or an overweight harridan? Sally Feldman enters the mid-life maelstrom
Choice busters
Anti-abortion groups have found a new way to deny women their rights, says Solana Larsen. And this time it's global
Be tolerant or else
Eliane Glaser challenges a core British value
High Flyer: Richard Rorty obituary
Danny Postel remembers the daring philosophy of Richard Rorty, who died in June 2007
Diary
Soft porn, sluttish brides and honour killings. Another routine week for feminist journalist Natalie Haynes
No more Mr Nice Guy: Laurie Taylor on Michael Ignatieff
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…
Left behind
Nick Cohen reflects on the book that changed his mind about Bush and Blair's war on terror
Islam and Sexual Apartheid
There can be no compromise on the universality of human rights. And cultural relativism both compromises women's rights and justifies sexual apartheid.
The Mechanics of Genocide
Linda Melvern analyses the failure of the international community in Rwanda