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KYLIE MINOGUE: Wow Wow Wow

She has been voted
“woman of the year” more times than any other woman – and that includes politicians, professionals, world leaders, sports figures, businesswomen and yes, hrh herself.

Helena Morgan looks at the reasons why we all love kylie.

TheWinning vote: Diane Abbott MP

The recent party thrown by the Fawcett Society at the House of Commons to celebrate the achievements of Diane Abbott, the first black woman to be elected to parliament, also served to bitterly highlight how little things have moved on.

Use your Vote

A group of organisations from across britain are coming together to mark the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Here’s how you can take part……

Million Women Rise

Women from across the united kingdom will march in central london on international women’s day, saturday 8th march 2008

HEALTH FEATURE: HIV+ | Hart & Soul

Since 1999 heterosexual sex has been the most common route of new hiv infections in the uk. With the rise in the numbers of those who acquired infection heterosexually there has been an increase in the number of women diagnosed. Women are now the fastest growing group of people who are newly diagnosed with HIV.

HIV: when things fall apart

Sixteen years ago, alice welbourn faced the ‘earth-shattering’ news that she is hiv positive. Here she tells how her diagnosis turned out to be, in many ways, one of the greatest gifts of her life.

Bell(e) Wedding

Natasha bell has just walked up the aisle….again….for the third time…seven months pregnant ….and hiv positive…and this time, she’s sure she’s finally found the one…..

Betty on Beauty

The American sitcom Ugly Betty has re-defined the perception not only of what makes a global, female TV star, but of the very nature of beauty itself.

There’s nothing like a DAME

Helen can fairly be described as a great trouper in the grand tradition – classical theatre, questionable movies that required nudity as much as they did talent, and memorable television roles. But as correspondent Morley Safer reports, her specialty is playing formidable women, women of great power, women with great flaws.