Nine newsreader andAustralian Women’s Weeklybook reviewer Leila McKinnon has given birth to her first child. Leila and her husband Nine CEO David Gyngell welcomed Edmund “Ted” McKinnon Gyngell into the world at around 2am this morning. The newest addition to McKinnon Gyngell clan is a 51cm, 3.018kg, healthy baby boy who arrived at a tense […]

Actor, genius, rock star, or aristocrat. These are the options a UK website gives women choosing the potential father of their children. No they aren’t profiles on some exclusive dating agency, but a sperm bank offering a catalogue of VIP donors to women with a penchant for privileged backgrounds or celebrity status. Related: My dad […]

As if it wasn’t enough to have to compete with young corporate-ladder-climbers, as much as they think legitimate ageism is rife in the workplace, a study has revealed that females think just looking over 40 can kill a woman’s career. The survey found most women believed if they didn’t reach the boardroom by the time […]

As commentators continue to rage over the sexism debate, an international survey has found that Australian women are the world’s most economically advanced. Topping a list of 128 countries, women in Australia won out in access to education, market participation and anti-discrimination policies. Following Australia were three Scandinavian countries — Norway, Sweden and Finland, with […]

Knowing the odds of falling pregnant after a certain age, it is remarkable enough for a 45-year-old woman to be carrying a child. For US woman Angie Stockton, her pregnancy was even more unusual. Twenty six years after last giving birth, the grandmother gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Saturday, only this time […]

Women may be filling seats in university lecture theatres and beating men to top jobs more than ever before, but scientists say the best way for a woman to get ahead is to employ her “feminine charm”. A US study suggests flirtation is an effective negotiation strategy for women when negotiating with men, rather than […]

An orphaned puppy and an abandoned kitten have become inseparable since being brought together at the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home in the UK, and now think they are sisters. Kitty the cat was found alone in a garden at just one day old and handed into the rescue centre. Buttons, a Jack Russell, was […]

Most women have a sea of shoes in their wardrobe, but stylist Wendy Mak says we can get by with just six staple styles.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been praised for her thrifty fashion choices — so it’s ironic that she is driving up the prices of her favourite items. Several of Catherine’s wardrobe essentials cost up to 30 percent more since being given the royal seal of approval, a phenomenon dubbed “Kate-flation”. The duchess’s ubiquitous nude LK […]

It has hardly been a year since Maria Shriver filed for divorce against Arnold Schwarzenegger following the discovery of his affair with the family maid and a resulting secret love child. But Arnie is convinced he can win his “fantastic” wife back. It may sound crazy, even to the estranged wife with whom he has […]