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New Day in Washington: The Next Few Weeks Could Decide the Fate of the Biden Presidency
By: Sarah Christopherson Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesIt’s a new day in Washington, DC with work already underway. We can’t afford to let Senate Democrats put ‘decorum’ over democracy.
Young Feminist: How Using Menstrual Cups Helped Me Discuss My Reproductive Health
By: Olivia Snavely The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesMenstrual cups have a learning curve, and it takes a fair amount of work to learn not only how to best use them, but also which practices work best for one’s own unique anatomy.
A Virtual Success: Raising Our Voices Event
By: NWHN Staff The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesNWHN members and supporters gathered online for our first ever virtual event, Raising Our Voices in a Time of Racial Injustice, Health Disparity, and COVID-19.
Rx For Change: Racial Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality
By: Sophia King Gynecological Health, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesRace is a strong predictor for the development of cervical cancer in the U.S., and Black women, in particular, have disproportionately higher risks for developing the disease.
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New Day in Washington: The Next Few Weeks Could Decide the Fate of the Biden Presidency
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesIt's a new day in Washington, DC with work already underway. We can't afford to let Senate Democrats put 'decorum' over democracy.
Young Feminist: How Using Menstrual Cups Helped Me Discuss My Reproductive Health
By: Olivia Snavely ,The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesMenstrual cups have a learning curve, and it takes a fair amount of work to learn not only how to best use them, but also which practices work best for one’s own unique anatomy.
A Virtual Success: Raising Our Voices Event
By: NWHN Staff ,The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesNWHN members and supporters gathered online for our first ever virtual event, Raising Our Voices in a Time of Racial Injustice, Health Disparity, and COVID-19.
Rx For Change: Racial Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality
By: Sophia King ,Gynecological Health, Rx for Change, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesRace is a strong predictor for the development of cervical cancer in the U.S., and Black women, in particular, have disproportionately higher risks for developing the disease.
The Day After: Report From Washington
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesWe're excited to make progress on COVID relief, the ACA, and more, but deeply shaken by yesterday's violent insurrection, incited by the president of the United States.
RWV Roundup 2021
By: Kalena Murphy ,Raising Women's Voices, The Women's Health Activist Newsletter Deep Dive ArticlesA recap of our Raising Women’s Voices work and that of our regional coordinators
The Human Rights Abuses Against Black and Brown Women Occurring at ICE Detention Facilities Must Stop
By: M. Isabelle Chaudry Deep Dive ArticlesFor too long, Black and Brown women’s reproductive rights have been harmed by institutions and governments. The 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the world’s primary document on women’s equality, could help block...
We Can’t Let Dr. Susan Moore’s Death Be in Vain
By: Cindy Pearson ,COVID-19, Racism Deep Dive ArticlesRacist treatment of Black, Indigenous and other people of color inside the health care system won’t come to an end until the system itself changes.
Your Questions About the New COVID-19 Vaccines – Answered
By: Cindy Pearson and Sarah Christopherson ,COVID-19, FDA Advocacy Deep Dive ArticlesHow safe are the vaccines? How effective? Were they tested in people like me? Was the approval process influenced by political pressure? Here's what we know.
The Passage of the CROWN Act Will be a Win for Black Women and Girl’s Health
By: M. Isabelle Chaudry ,Personal Care Products Deep Dive ArticlesThe human right to wear one’s hair in its natural state is not protected for Black women and girls, a harmful reality rooted in historically racist practices of controlling Black women’s bodies.