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  • Jenny Streete, 81, has been working in health and social care for 50 years.

    81-year-old care worker: 'I'm not going to stop, I love my job'

  • A British Transport Police officer and Metropolitan Police Constable talks to a woman arriving on the Eurostar from Brussels as officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, British Transport Police, Kent Police and UK Border Force take part in Operation Limelight at the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International in London, which is aimed at safeguarding children and vulnerable people from harmful practices and human trafficking.

    'Don’t expect a survivor to tell you her experience of undergoing FGM'

    Specialist social workers explain how they support women and girls affected by the practice
  • An overstretched workforce means technology has a growing role in the care sector.

    The rise of technology in care: how will it affect workers?

    From smart trousers to humanoid robots, technological developments could revolutionise social care, but concerns have been raised by those employed in the sector
  • 'These kids need to be needed and farming gives them that'

  • Tackling the rise in self-harm: ‘Many professionals feel ill-equipped’

  • From courtroom to care home: the career changers choosing social care

  • Working with hoarders: 'The possessions are almost part of them'

  • A path to wellbeing: the growing world of gardening therapy

  • Ending prejudice in care: 'As we go grey we don’t become less gay'

  • Golden girls: how beauty therapy boosts self-esteem in care homes

Careers

  • Reg Sell at an event in Portcullis House, London, in 2010

    Reg Sell obituary

  • NASA astronaut Christina Koch. Only 11% of astronauts who made it to space have been women.

    ‘I can’t remember feeling as excited about the future’: redesigning space travel for women

    • A number of female entrepreneurs are trying to improve the online dating experience.

      ‘The start of the post-Tinder era’: female tech entrepreneurs shake up online dating

    • Last year the number of girls choosing to study Computer Science GCSE was 16,919

      Why aren’t more girls in the UK choosing to study computing and technology?

    • Discarded fruit and vegetables are turned into 3D-printed biscuits at Upprinting Food.

      From fly oil to 3D-printed biscuits: the women reimagining the food of the future

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