Progress review: contraception use among adolescent girls
Giving young women access to birth control is a global public health priority. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli reviews the challenges that remain and the projects changing the odds for girls
Dallas Buyers Club – review
This story of a heterosexual 'good ol' boy' who imports and sells Aids therapies has a barnstorming performance from Matthew McConaughey, writes Peter Bradshaw
FGM is banned but very much alive in the UK
Scottish FGM expert says families pool resources to bring in a 'cutter' from abroad to mutilate girls in groups
The difference between naked boys and naked girls
Holly Baxter: There no denying there are double standards when it comes to nudity, but both sexes need liberating from social oppression
Top 10 tweeters on sexuality and development
Many on our list are activists on the issue of gay rights, while others look but we are also interested in the tweeters discussing the wider spectrum of sexuality.
Boys’ cancer risk increased without same vaccine as girls, say health groups
Patient and health organisations launch petition for 'gender-neutral' approach for HPV vaccine only given to girls
Live Q&A: rethinking sexuality and development
Has the development community failed to afford sexuality the prominence that it deserves? Join the debate, Thursday 6 February at 1pm GMT
Women over 50 who skip smear tests more likely to get cancer
Cancer Research study finds women who fail to have smear tests over 50 have higher chance of developing the disease
Doctors fear for future of NHS sexual health clinics under tendering regime
Contracting-out threatens quality of service, say specialists
Best theatre of 2013, No 7: Ghosts
Mark Lawson: Richard Eyre's production modernised the pacing of Ibsen and in the process made it yet more pertinent to our times
Sex after cancer: ‘Patients should not feel that bringing up sex is too trivial’
With more focus on rehabilitation, many people can overcome the effects of cancer on their sex lives with small adjustments, explains Frederika Whitehead
Ethiopian women pay high price for US aid abortion restrictions
Claire Provost: Reproductive health has risen up aid donors' agendas, but USAid restrictions mean NGOs are shying away from working on abortion
Can Clare’s Law really stem the violence towards women that young people feel is ‘normal’ and deserved?
After Christmas, Clare's Law will allow us to ask the police if our partner has a history of domestic violence. But that's where even bigger problems start, says Eva Wiseman
Palestinian entrepreneur hopes sex shop will help married couples connect
Ashraf Alkiswani, 30, says he has approval from Ramallah mosque elders for pornography-free online venture Karaz
Iran sees dramatic rise in HIV infections
Health minister says taboo surrounding disease is preventing effective treatment, and 70% do not know they are infected