Reassurance for women on pregnancy, fertility and breastfeeding
The NHS in Devon is offering reassurance to women that they can have the Covid-19 vaccine while pregnant or breastfeeding and that it will not impact on their fertility.
Government advice states that:
There is no evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have any effect on fertility or your chances of becoming
The role that women are playing in Devon’s fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) is being highlighted today, as part of International Women’s Day.
Women across the county are working in a range of roles supporting Devon’s vaccination programme at hospitals, GP-led sites, community teams, pharmacies, and care homes.
In Devon, more than 445,000 people have now had their first...
100 First Women Portraits , striking photos celebrating pioneering women of the 21st century, will be the first post-lockdown exhibition at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) when the cultural venue re-opens on 24 October 2020.
The extraordinary collection of images by South-West photographer Anita Corbin is the culmination of her 10-year personal quest to create an inspiring visual archive of modern women who have achieved ‘firsts’ in their field, often in male-dominated professions and environments.
A new campaign has been launched by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) designed to ‘smash stereotypes to bits’ as new research suggests that there is still a disparity between boys and girls, as well as other demographic groups, considering a career in STEM.
According to the research, just 26% of girls are looking to pursue a career in STEM compared to 43% of boys,...
A new play inspired by an imagined meeting between two great leaders of the women’s suffrage campaign is coming to the Barbican Theatre Plymouth as par of a tour of the South West.
The Cause depicts the explosive meeting of minds when Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst come together at a time when campaigns for women’s rights were at their most revolutionary & embattled....
Female empowerment is a hotter topic than ever, meaning International Women’s Day (8 March) is set to be more inspiring than ever before.
And to celebrate, we're shouting about women’s achievements in the aviation industry, from well-known heroes such as Amelia Earhart to lesser-known legends who deserve more kudos, like Amy Johnson, the Brit who flew solo from the UK to Australia....
Most women think of their period as the dreaded time of the month... Well, imagine being homeless and having your period without having access to sanitary items and proper hygiene, forcing you to just go without, with no other option but to use toilet paper, pieces of clothing or anything else absorbent that you can get there hands on.
Motor insurance specialist, Churchill Insurance, has launched a nationwide campaign to identify schools in need of a Lollipopper and have pledged to recruit and deploy 50 in areas of need for the next school year.
The campaign, launched by actor and father-of-two, Robert Webb, will give the public the opportunity to nominate a primary school they feel is in need of a Lollipopper before...
A forum designed especially to help women return to work has been officially launched by the City Council. The forum was the Council’s pledge to make sure that women had access to all the advice and support they would need to help them return to work after maternity or child care leave. The support forum offers guidance on family friendly working policies and where to access all kinds of...
Introduction and Q and A by Holly Tarquini, Founder of the F-Rating, producer of Bath Film Festival and life-long feminist.
Holly Tarquini, producer at the Bath Film Festival, is known for establishing a new rating system, the F-Rating, which is applied to films which have a strong female director, actor or writer. Gravity is the perfect film to illustrate the point, failing the Bechdel Test it is nevertheless a heart-pounding thriller, a philosophical meditation on the human condition and a kick-ass feminist cinema manifesto.
