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Pioneer Midwives, A Surgeon with a Secret, and Other Women’s Health Heroes You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School
By: Adele Costa Women's History Month Deep Dive ArticlesIn honor of Women’s History Month, our team at the National Women’s Health Network dug deep into the archives to bring you the lives of five lesser-known historical women in medicine. Read on to learn all about them and their important contributions to the health care landscape today. Warning – you just may fall into a few biographical rabbit holes!
Food Pantries, Pandemic Pivots, and Preventing the “2nd Closet” for LGBTQ Seniors
By: Adele Costa LGBTQ, Older Women, Raising Women's Voices, Regional Coordinators Deep Dive ArticlesRead on for an exclusive look inside the Montrose Center in Houston, Texas.
S.B.8, AKA the Texas Abortion Ban
By: Adele Costa Abortion, Abortion Access, Abortion Restrictions, Supreme Court Deep Dive Articles, Policy UpdatesWhat happened, what the NWHN is doing about it, and how you can help.
The Trump and Biden Administrations: A Tug-of-War Between Religious Freedoms and Queer Rights
By: Kristen Batstone LGBTQ, Trump Administration Deep Dive ArticlesIn the last five years, the LGBTQ+ community has endured countless attacks from Republican lawmakers and the Trump Administration – who prioritized religious freedoms over human rights. During his first six months in office, President Biden has spent most of his time undoing the work of his predecessor and this includes re-establishing queer rights.
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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.
The Challenges Ahead for Biden and Harris
By: Sarah Christopherson ,Health Care Reform Deep Dive ArticlesJoe Biden and Kamala Harris won a historic victory. Donald Trump’s refusal to concede puts us in dangerous and unchartered territory. Now big questions remain about the peaceful transition of power, control of the U.S. Senate, and the ability of...