In the last two decades, doctors have encouraged women to choose long-acting reversible contraceptives, or LARCs, because they are the most effective method of preventing unplanned pregnancies. Doctors and many patients like that LARCs–either IUDs, which are inserted in a woman’s uterus, or implants, which are inserted in a woman’s arm–allow women to “set it…
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), in association with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is launching a new program to provide training and resources for the new Innovator to Entrepreneur Program (ITEP). This program is being administered by Foresight Science and Technology. An ITEP informational webinar will be held…
Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations. Source: Two Women Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. No One Has Ever Been Charged. — ProPublica
The Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act would prohibit infringing on a person’s right to travel to another state to obtain an abortion, and protect any person, entity, or healthcare provider that assists them in doing so. This bill makes clear that pregnant people should not have to jump through hoops or have their…
A call to bring back matriarchy in Indigenous communities to rebuild and decolonize the foundation of Native community life. Source: Indigenous Feminism Is Our Culture (SSIR)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78dwrkKS1k&ab_channel=ChiomaOkparaNG[/embed] “2023 edition of the International Day of the Girl Child came with a difference as Rotary Club of Lagos chose two public schools in the metropolis for her girl child empowerment project. HERCONOMY put its weight behind it.”
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKQfFlR2x0&ab_channel=ilgaworld[/embed] “In most countries, intersex children are routinely subjected to unnecessary medical treatments, surgeries, and other interventions without expressed personal free and informed consent due to stigma and misconceptions about their sex characteristics. “The impacts of these practices – and their framing as human rights violations and abuses – have been highlighted by several human…
(WASHINGTON) — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.Butler was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, just two days after Feinstein died…
Over the past decade, The Women’s Health Awareness (WHA) Community Engagement Program has organized an annual conference for women living in Durham, North Carolina, and the surrounding areas. This FREE event provides health and environmental health education, screenings, advocacy, and services to attending participants. Issues covered in the conference often change annually and are typically…
You’re invited to a workshop featuring a multidisciplinary panel of experts to discuss the different dimensions of race and ethnicity and how they are measured, which will include time for open dialogue with the panelists. Source: NIH HDIG Workshop 2023
