Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Women's health'
As I Remember Her: A Story of a Child Bride in India
by Urmila Chanam -India- I had heard about the prevalence of child marriage in India, but Nikita, 11, personalized the institution for me. I met her in a government school in the remote village of Doodiya, eight kilometers from Indore,...
Cancer in Kenya Should Not Be A Death Certificate
by Joyce J. Wangui -Kenya- Biopsy, mammogram, and chemotherapy are words all too familiar with cancer patients. Death is another word often at the tip of many tongues as patients describe the disease. Kenyans are coming to terms with cancer,...
From White Cloth to Precious Gems: Cambodian Women Challenge Gender Stereotypes and Defend against HIV
by Meghan Lewis -Cambodia- An ancient Khmer proverb says, “A man is gold; a woman is a white piece of cloth.” Gold can get dirty or be dropped in the mud, but it can be polished and become as shiny...
Floods, Drought, and Displacement Hit Pakistan's Women Hardest
by Sarah Irving -UK- The monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed thousands and affected an estimated twenty million people across several provinces. According to development organizations working in the country, the humanitarian crisis is yet another blow for Pakistan's rural...
India’s Most Common Cancer is Preventable
by Mandy Van Deven - India - Taking the lives of 75,000 women each year, cervical cancer is the leading cause of death for women in India. This number accounts for a third of all cancers that affect women in...
Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
by Dr. Chelsea Mooser - USA - As a breast cancer researcher, I tend to be the go-to gal on all topics science. A few weeks ago a woman asked me if, considering the risks and the benefits, I would...
Sanctioned Violence Against Women: “fraud in the inducement”
by Nora W. Coffey - USA - What do you call it when someone deceptively lures another into danger? And if the deception involves telling a woman she’ll be “better than ever” to lure her into being drugged and strapped...
HIV/AIDS in India: New Theories Versus the AIDS Lobby
by Rupa Chinai - India - During the course of the past decade, women diagnosed as HIV/AIDS patients in Mumbai have been trying to say something important that deserves close attention. These widows, whose husbands died from AIDS, claim their...
HIV/AIDS in India: Rampant Misdiagnosis & the Burden of Disease
by Rupa Chinai - India - Monday, December 1st marked World AIDS Day. As experts continue to search for a cure, we are honored to present Rupa's informative 3-part series on AIDS in India, a compelling look at the gaps...
Home Birth, Safe Birth
by Janelle Weiner USA Women in the US make a lot of choices before their babies are born, from which foods to eat, to which birth preparation class to take, to how to decorate the nursery. For most, however, there’s...
Hymen Repair Surgery in Macedonia: A Virgin Again for 400 Euros
by Natasha Dokovska Macedonia In the past, if a woman wasn’t a virgin, she would surreptitiously pour animal blood on the bed after consummating her marriage. Today, this tradition has been replaced in Macedonia with a more sophisticated ruse –...
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