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NIMH » Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Addressing the Risk for Persistent Effects of Trauma in the Mental Health of Women Across the Lifecourse

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 24, 2023 July 24, 2023Culturally Sensitive Mental Health, Gendered Violence, Health Care Equity, Our Minds, Our Nations, Racism, Real Life Issues, Sexism and Misogyny, Video 0

https://youtu.be/QiyUN1UFNqg So, when we think about trauma-related psychiatric disorders such as PTSD and depression, we understand that they affect more than twice as many women than men. And that women are also more likely to experience chronic illness that persists for more than a year. Despite the evidence of sex differences in the epidemiology of…

Uganda’s nondiscrimination assurances won’t protect queer people from prosecution – Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 21, 2023 July 21, 2023Bucket Crabbing Other Marginalized People, Exposing Neo Colonialism, Health, Healthcare Professionals, Internalized Racism, LGBTQIA+, Links, Our Nations, Police Brutality and Aggressive Neglect, Religious Abuse and Exploitation, State Sanctioned Violence, Uganda, White Supremacist Terrorism and Sabotage 0

I was part of a Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International team that investigated violence and discrimination in the wake of the Anti-Homosexuality Act. We found that LGBTIQ people were facing arbitrary arrests, police abuse and extortion, loss of employment, evictions, homelessness, forced displacement, violence and denial of health services. The organization Sexual Minorities Uganda,…

Amid transgender care bans, exceptions made for surgery on intersex children – ABC News

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 20, 2023 July 20, 2023African Diaspora, Black in Maizeland (U.S.), FGM, FSAS of Intersex Children, Healthcare Professionals, LGBTQIA+, Links, Medical Consent, MGM, News, Our Bodies, Our Children, Our Nations, State Sanctioned Violence, Transgender 0

When Sean Saifa Wall was 13, a doctor recommended to his mother that Wall’s male-typical genitals be removed and that he begin feminizing hormone therapy.He says his late mother agreed to the surgery and treatment, but Wall adds that his mother picked the wrong gender for him.”Receiving my medical records and really learning about what…

Women in Africa: Spirituality, Health, and Healing, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Madeleva Lecture 2018

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023Africa, Africana Womanism, Bucket Crabbing Other Marginalized People, Culturally Sensitive Mental Health, Feminism, Gendered Violence, History, Lectures, Maaternal Feminism, Our Feminine Ancestors, Our Feminine Elders, Our Nations, Racism, Spirituality, Video 0

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO6mEiYGUPE&ab_channel=SaintMary%27sCollege[/embed] Mercy Amba Oduyoye was honored as the 2018 Madeleva Lecturer. Her lecture, “Women in Africa: Spirituality, Health, and Healing,” took place on April 19, 2018 at Saint Mary’s College. Oduyoye is the director of the Institute of Women in Religion and Culture at Trinity Theological Seminar in Legon, Ghana. Affectionately known as the “mother…

Wishma Sandamali: The siblings suing Japan over their sister’s death – BBC News

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 19, 2023 July 19, 2023Asia, Immigrant Abuse, Links, News, Our Nations, Police Brutality and Aggressive Neglect, State Sanctioned Violence, Work Scams and Enslavement Traps 0

Wishma was the 18th foreigner to die in Japanese immigration detention since 2007, according to media reports. The country has one of the lowest refugee acceptance rates in the world and her death has increased pressure on officials to reform how people held in such centres are treated.She lost 20kg (44 pounds) in detention due…

‘Not Even Allowed to Raise Her Voice’: Black Woman Jailed For Months In Dubai After Yelling at Rental Car Agent Who Tried to Force Her to Pay to Retrieve Her Items Left In Wrecked Vehicle

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 17, 2023 July 17, 2023African Diaspora, Black in Maizeland (U.S.), Gendered Violence, Incarceration, Links, News, Our Nations, Political Misogyny, Racism, Religious Abuse and Exploitation, State Sanctioned Violence, Work Scams and Enslavement Traps 0

When Allen stopped by the business to retrieve items like her ID and credit card, an agent told her she had to pay an undisclosed fee to reclaim them.Allen’s mother, Tina Baxter, told local news outlets that the encounter escalated after the agent got aggressive and started yelling at her daughter. Allen began yelling back…

Over-the-counter birth control pill approved for sale in U.S.

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 13, 2023 July 13, 2023Health, Health Care Equity, Morphological Freedom, News, Our Bodies, Our Nations, Parenting, Real Life Issues, Reproductive Choice 0

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66GakbjBY4k&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour[/embed] U.S. regulators approved the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill. The FDA signed off on Opill, a once-a-day tablet available by prescription since 1973 that will soon be readily available online and in stores. The move is being applauded by medical societies and women’s health groups who pushed for wider access. Geoff Bennett discussed…

Life in a matriarchal society – On this island, women are in charge! – YouTube

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 7, 2023 July 7, 2023Africa, Africana Womanism, Feminism, Guinea Bissau, Links, Maaternal Feminism, Our Feminine Ancestors, Our Feminine Elders, Our Nations, Women and Femme Leaders 0

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uANLdARj8&ab_channel=wocomoHUMANITY[/embed] In southwestern Guinea Bissau there are some islands where a very special people live, the Bissago. What is it that makes them so special? It is not the fact of living in balance and harmony with the spectacular nature that surrounds them, taking from the land or the sea only what they need to…

How to build a zero-waste economy | Grist

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher July 1, 2023 July 1, 2023Beauty and Cosmetics, Health, Our Nations, Our Planet, Parenting, Safety, Waste Reduction 0

It wasn’t until Sarah Paiji Yoo became a new mother that her journey into plastic-free living really began. Specifically, it was the switch to baby formula that changed her worldview. Yoo had been breastfeeding her son for a few months and was looking to transition him to a dissolvable formula in 2018. But she found…

What Can Ex–Abortion Doctor Yashica Robinson in Alabama Do?

K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher June 24, 2023 June 24, 2023African Diaspora, Africana Womanism, Bewombed Specific, Black in Maizeland (U.S.), Exposing Neo Colonialism, Forced Birth, Gendered Violence, Health Care Equity, Healthcare Professionals, Incarceration, Links, News, Our Children, Our Nations, Political Misogyny, Religious Abuse and Exploitation, Reproductive Choice, Sexism and Misogyny, State Sanctioned Violence, White Supremacist Terrorism and Sabotage, Women and Femme Leaders, Women in STEM 0

A year ago, the patients in the waiting area at the Alabama Women’s Center on Sparkman Drive in Huntsville were separated into two rooms. In one, the staff put people whose abortion procedures had already begun through taking a dose of misoprostol. In the other were the ten or 15 who had come for their…

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Category: Our Nations

NIMH » Office for Disparities Research and Workforce Diversity Webinar Series: Addressing the Risk for Persistent Effects of Trauma in the Mental Health of Women Across the Lifecourse

Uganda’s nondiscrimination assurances won’t protect queer people from prosecution – Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News

Women in Africa: Spirituality, Health, and Healing, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Madeleva Lecture 2018

Wishma Sandamali: The siblings suing Japan over their sister’s death – BBC News

‘Not Even Allowed to Raise Her Voice’: Black Woman Jailed For Months In Dubai After Yelling at Rental Car Agent Who Tried to Force Her to Pay to Retrieve Her Items Left In Wrecked Vehicle

Over-the-counter birth control pill approved for sale in U.S.

Life in a matriarchal society – On this island, women are in charge! – YouTube

How to build a zero-waste economy | Grist

What Can Ex–Abortion Doctor Yashica Robinson in Alabama Do?

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