They mightn’t pay the new Doctor Who as much as a man but at least she doesn’t have to choose between Miss, Mrs or Ms.

Irish novelist, journalist, and essayist, Colm Tóibín, is this year’s winner of a US lifetime achievement award that celebrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.

Irish novelist, journalist and essayist Colm Tóibín is this year's winner of a US lifetime achievement award that celebrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and global understanding.

AS the summer of LGBT Pride rolls on, we are still asking if trans women can ever be ‘real’ women.

My message has always been that it’s OK to be a home cook, says Trish Deseine.

As Donald Trump’s blatant misogyny is rewarded by the US electorate, there is hope in the achievements of movements such as Waking the Feminists, says Marjorie Brennan.

A two-minute video depicting Irish women’s journeys across the Irish Sea to access abortions received almost quarter of a million views in its first 24 hours online.

It was all about books this week in Bantry as authors and bibliophiles converged on the scenic town for the West Cork Literary Festival.

The great Gloria Steinem was in these pages recently, and she had this to say about action and activism, or maybe their opposites.

Looking to plan your week? Here are five things to check out.

A programme of readings, a feature of the West Cork Literary Festival since it began in the mid-90s, is to be dedicated to the memory of former Irish Examiner columnist Denise Hall.

A Dublin pop-up store, selling jumpers with the word ‘repeal’ on them, in reference to abortion, sold out of stock yesterday, on its first day of trading.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

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As she prepares for her trip to West Cork, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, 82, is as active and outspoken as ever, writes Marjorie Brennan

Eimear O’Herlihy is from Cork city and she is festival manager with West Cork Literary Festival, a week-long programme of readings, workshops and family events that will take place in Bantry, July 17 -23.

Hillary Clinton made the prospect of her being elected the first woman president of the US a centrepiece of her campaign, then lost a critical nominating contest to a 74-year-old man, Bernie Sanders, in part because women preferred him.

USA: Screen and TV star, diva and beloved Muppet Miss Piggy has been recognised for her contributions to society with a feminist award at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

USA: A prestigious award from the Brooklyn Museum honours women who have made outstanding contributions in their fields — and this year’s surprise honouree is... Miss Piggy.

Thanks to Angelina Jolie's BAFTA tux, androgyny is back. Get ready for masculine tailoring, cropped hair and brogues.

IN January, Belgian designer Diane von Fürstenberg opens Journey of a Dress, a touring exhibition celebrating 40 years of her signature wrap dress.

ON A MONDAY morning in March, 1970, Newsweek’s cover on ‘Women in Revolt’ hit the newsstands.

EVERYONE loves a comeback, or do they? The mini-skirt, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, looks set to make a return and turn heads yet again.

Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space has died of pancreatic cancer. She was 61.

Gwyneth Paltrow once had a boyfriend who used to cheat on her "all the time".

Sarah Jessica Parker has replaced Demi Moore in 'Lovelace'.

No woman felt diminished when one of the women candidates didn’t make it on election day.

The 'On the Floor' hitmaker – who split from her third husband Marc Anthony earlier this year - received the All-Star award at the ceremony at New York's Carnegie Hall and thanked all of the ladies in her life for her success.

Abortion-rights supporters in the US marched in huge numbers, roused in this election year by what they see as an erosion of reproductive freedoms under President George Bush, and foreign policies they say hurt women worldwide.