I’m sure anyone who’s glanced at the news over this past week or so has noticed that a bipartisan budget deal has passed both the House and the Senate. We avoided another shutdown. Big yays all around. There is definitely… Read More ›
Health
The Forgotten Ones
As a reproductive rights activist, I never thought that feminism would fail me. I was wrong. I was seven weeks pregnant when I was faced with the toughest decision of my life: Abide by my partner’s rules — have an… Read More ›
Girls, Health and a Revolutionized Rhetoric
I was lucky to have parents who filled our home with strong heroines. My role models flew into my life on the backs of books, films, and boisterous aunts and cousins who danced barefoot at the stove and pruned fruit… Read More ›
“Freedom from” vs. “Access to”
Acknowledging Human Rights Day is a milestone in and of itself. It’s a chance to start conversations about social justice and equality, renew commitments to justice and dignity for all, and celebrate activists and social movements globally. Yet there is… Read More ›
Vote for sherights!
We’re super excited to announce that we’ve been nominated for a WEGO Health Activist Award in the best blog category for our women’s health advocacy. If you dig our reproductive health coverage and calls to action, please do us a… Read More ›
Gender Equality and Maternal Health: A Global Conversation
A little over a month ago, I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the Women Deliver 2013 Conference. The meeting convened over 4,500 participants from nearly 150 countries and representing all sectors – from government to academia to the private… Read More ›
Abortion Worldwide
This week, thousands of women’s health and empowerment advocates are in Kuala Lumpur for the Women Deliver 2013 conference. The conference, hailed as the largest global event of its kind this decade, is bringing together policy makers, advocates and researchers… Read More ›
Why Postpartum Depression is a Feminist Issue
Five months ago today, I gave birth to a beautiful, perfectly healthy baby girl. I had a smooth, uncomplicated delivery and was immediately enthralled with my daughter. Everything about her – from her little button nose to her ridiculously tiny… Read More ›
Quick Hit: World Contraception Day
On this World Contraception Day, I’d like to give a shout-out to birth control in all its forms. It gives me freedoms to and freedoms from, all of which I appreciate on a daily basis: freedom to determine the size… Read More ›
A Brief History of the Pill
Today’s post comes from Claire Payton, a research assistant at New York University’s Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Of the millions of women who take the pill each day, most think about it only during the second or two it takes… Read More ›
