More and more women like Hannah, who now runs her own farm, are entering the male-dominated UK agriculture industry. About 17% of farmers are female, up from 7% in 2007-8, according to last year's Office for National Statistics' annual population survey.

"One obstacle to girls attending school was a lack of segregated toilets in schools, review director Manos Antoninis said, adding the agency found there was “little focus” on menstrual hygiene in schools in 21 low and middle income countries. “Improved sanitation to address adolescent girls’ concerns over privacy, particularly during menstruation, can influence their education decisions. Single-sex toilets are desperately needed to overcome girls’ barriers to education.”

Muslim women “bore the brunt” of rising Islamophobia in the UK last year, according to a new report. Of the 765 victims and 874 perpetrators identified in the findings by hate-monitoring group Tell MAMA, that group made up 56 per cent of victims.