Reproductive Justice: The Movement Whose Time Has Come
The Reproductive Justice: Activists, Advocates, Academics in Ann Arbor ("A3 in A2") conference taking place this week aims to foster learning, dialogue and collaboration around … More
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Campaign Against Gender-Based Hate Speech on Facebook – Activists Win!
Last week, Women, Action and the Media (WAM!), The Everyday Sexism Project, and writer/activist Soraya Chemaly -- with the backing of more than … More
What Women Need to Know About Health Care Reform and Insurance Coverage
In the Spring issue of Ms. magazine, Cindy Pearson, executive director of the National Women's Health Network, outlines 10 Things Women Need To … More
Adapting “Our Bodies, Ourselves” for Iranian and Vietnamese Women and Girls
The Our Bodies Ourselves Global Network is a dynamic coalition of social change organizations, all of whom talk the talk and walk the … More
Supporting Women – At Home and Around the World
First in an occasional series by OBOS staff about their work and their lives. I was welcomed into the Our Bodies Ourselves family … More
“Educate Congress” Accomplished: Every Member Now Has a Copy of “Our Bodies, Ourselves”
Every member of Congress has pages of accurate information on women’s health at their fingertips – more than 900 pages to be exact … More
Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, and You: How to Make the Right Decisions for YOUR Health
Angelina Jolie certainly has good intentions in sharing her experience with breast cancer genetic testing and her decision to have a prophylactic mastectomy, … More
Truth in Medicine: Vast Majority of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Fail
by Miriam Zoll In an essay recently published in the Wall Street Journal, Sarah Elizabeth Richards, author of the new book "Motherhood Rescheduled," … More
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Week in Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception
What a frustrating week in the ongoing battle over evidence-based health policy. To the surprise and disappointment of women's health advocates, the U.S. Justice … More