2. Women’s Health and Medical Issues
Black Women’s Health Imperative
“…to help protect and advance the health and wellness of Black women and girls.”
https://bwhi.org
The Cass Review [UK]
"Independent review of gender identity services for children and young people"
https://cass.independent-review.uk
Feisty Menopause
“Menopause guidance for perfomance-minded women”
https://www.feistymenopause.com/
Guttmacher Institute
“Good reproductive health policy starts with credible research”
https://www.guttmacher.org/
A Healthy Place
“... the largest consumer mental health site on the net.”
https://www.healthyplace.com
Abuse
https://www.healthyplace.com/abuse
Sex-sexuality
https://www.healthyplace.com/sex
If, When, How
“…nationwide network of lawyers, law students, legal professionals, and movement organizers who are working to make reproductive freedom a reality for all… If/When/How envisions a transformation of the legal systems and institutions that perpetuate oppression into structures that realize justice, and a future when all people can self-determine their reproductive lives free from discrimination, coercion, or violence.”
https://www.ifwhenhow.org
Sex Not Gender Nurses and Midwives
“Sex Not Gender Nurses and Midwives are a collective of nurses and midwives, who advocate for evidence based practice on issues surrounding sex and gender. Sex and gender are two distinct, important concepts which have a significant impact on how we experience wellness and healthcare.”
https://sexnotgendernm.wixsite.com/website
Whose Body Is It
“Untangle patriarchal lies, end cycles of self-sabotage, say what you mean & birth free.”
https://www.whosebodyisit.com
VIDEO CHANNEL, PODCAST
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbmq2oP9994A7aYJGw6_aw
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Men make the moral code and they expect women to accept it. They have decided that it is entirely right and proper for men to fight for their liberties and their rights, but that it is not right and proper for women to fight for theirs.
— Emmelie Pankhurst
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Sex Matters. “The Cass Review’s interim report is out: The report shares initial conclusions that reflect many of the concerns raised by Sex Matters.” [UK, 2022]
https://archive.ph/dUwb1
The World Bank. “Menstural health and hygiene.” [2022]
https://archive.ph/wip/VZLUe
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There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
– Virginia Woolf
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Caroline Hooten. T: The story of testosterone: The hormone that dominates and divides us. [2022] ONLINE BOOK
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250236067/tthestoryoftestosteronethehormonethatdominatesanddividesus/
Barbara Seaman, ed. With Laura Eldridge. Voices of the women’s health movement. [2012] BOOK
https://www.charisbooksandmore.com/search/site/Voices%20of%20the%20Women%27s%20Health%20Movement
(vol. 1) ONLINE BOOK
https://archive.org/details/voicesofwomenshe0000unse
(vol. 2) ONLINE BOOK
https://archive.org/details/voiceswomensheal0002barb
It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects
of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.
― Martha Plimpton