Fri, May 17, 2013
Grace Adofoli, NWHN Intern
National Women’s Health Week is a nationwide effort to educate and raise awareness about women’s health. This week is important for many reasons: it creates a space for organizations like Raising Women’s Voices, National Women’s Health Network, U.S. National Department of Health and Human Services and other health organizations to dialogue about the...
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Fri, May 10, 2013
Cindy Pearson, NWHN Executive Director
I’ve been a proponent of telling personal stories to make a political point for as long as I’ve worked in women’s health. I’ve seen firsthand how powerful a story can be. I’ve told my own stories and encouraged other women to tell theirs. But I’ve never seen a President introduced by someone who started by telling her...
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Fri, April 26, 2013
Charlotte Laniece, NWHN Intern
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, time for us to remember that alcoholism is a chronic disease. Alcohol consumption is widely accepted and celebrated in the US. This phenomenon makes it even more difficult for women who have an issue with alcohol to identify it. A distinction is to be made between alcoholism and alcohol abuse. Indeed, alcohol abusers are able to limit their...
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Tue, April 23, 2013
Grace Adofoli, NWHN Intern
If you don’t already know, the month of April, has been dedicated to decreasing and raising awareness about sexual assault/sexual violence in the US.One of the goals of Sexual Assault Awareness Month is to raise public awareness, as well as educate communities on how to prevent sexual violence. Each week in April is designated to bring attention to a specific...
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Wed, April 10, 2013
Cindy Pearson, Executive Director
Leaving Broader Restrictions on Abortion Coverage in Place: Statement on President Obama's budget.
“With this budget, President Obama affirms his commitment to move from symbolism to action when it
comes to the autonomy of DC residents. Changing the license plates on his car was a welcome first step,
but putting forward a budget that allows the District of Columbia to...
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Thu, April 04, 2013
Allyson Reddy, NWHN Intern
Sexual education is an issue that’s urgently important in the U.S. right now, and, as is usual of all “hot topic” issues, it’s also highly controversial. As a former intern for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Campaign of North Carolina, I saw just how crucial comprehensive sexual education is in my home state, which has a high teen pregnancy rate...
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Fri, March 29, 2013
Charlotte Laniece, NWHN Intern
This week we are celebrating National LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Health Awareness Week. The LGBT community is often set aside as their own separate group, with their obvious own set of realities. When it comes to health, great disparities exist between transgender people and homosexual individuals, but also between gay men and lesbian women. They do not...
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Thu, March 21, 2013
Allyson Reddy, NWHN Intern
March is National Nutrition Month, and each year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics presents a different nutrition-oriented theme – this year’s is “Eat Right, Your Way, Every Day.” The theme is designed to encourage personalized healthy eating styles, recognizing that every person’s body and nutritional needs are unique. Our food...
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Mon, March 18, 2013
Grace Adofoli
What is reproductive health? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, reproductive health addresses the reproductive processes, functions and system at all stages of life. Reproductive health, therefore, implies that people are...
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Wed, February 27, 2013
Grace Adofoli -NWHN intern
Since my high school career, I have routinely participated and led multiple Relays for Life events. I knew the macro level information about cancer—basically I knew it was “evil.” Not knowing that cancer had affected millions of women and invaded the lives of many homes. The more I learned about cancer, the more disturbed I became about the statistics...
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