6.04 women's health (see also 5.07.05)

Honoring a Pioneer of Women's Health: Barbara Seaman (1935-2008)

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Authors: the National Women's Health Network

Summary:

"In 1969, Barbara Seaman proved that women can talk back to doctors - calmly, rationally, and scientifically. For many of us, women's liberation began at that moment."

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Pro-Choice is Not Enough

Authors: Loretta J. Ross

Summary:

We must grow towards a movement that focuses not only on abortion rights but on a whole range of women's health and justice issues.

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Maze of Injustice: Native American and Alaska Native Women Work to Stop the Violence

Authors: Amnesty International

Summary:Some Indigenous women interviewed by Amnesty International said they didn't know any women in their community who had not experienced sexual violence.

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Conscientious Objection to Female Genital Mutilation in Mali

Authors: Susan McLucas

Summary:

Dialogues about the girls' suffering have motivated 131 excisers to quit, and three villages to renounce the practice.

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Women's Rights are Human Rights: Ending Gender Violence Worldwide

Authors: Irene Schneeweis

Summary:

Amidst armed conflict, humanitarian disaster, and entrenched gender inequality, these organizations struggle to end violence against women and girls.

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Twenty-five Years of AIDS: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward

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Authors: Gregg Gonsalves

Summary:

We have demanded too little from our leaders, excused far too much.

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