Health, Reproductive Rights & Sexuality

Full equality for women and girls can be attained only when they have the information and services they need to lead healthy lives and make informed and independent decisions about their health, reproductive health and sexuality. Health for women depends on many factors, including access to safe water and nutritious food; affordable care and insurance; disease prevention and access to comprehensive reproductive and maternal health services; and awareness and support for women with HIV/AIDS and other diseases and disabilities. Health is not limited to physical well-being but extends to sexuality, mental health and body image as well.

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NCRW Resources

Reports & Publications

Effective_Philanthropy
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:30am
Removing the Stigma: Young Latinas' Sexual Health
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 2:48pm
The Economic Security and Well-being Index for Women in New York City™
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 1:51pm

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Body Image & Wellness
Disabilities
Disparities & Access
HIV/AIDS
Mental Health
Population & Reproductive Rights
Reproductive Health
Sexuality & Gender

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Resources

Blog Posts

Feminist Town Hall November 5, 2008 Live @ 7 PM ET
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November 5, 2008 posted by Vivienne Heston-Demirel Apologies for audio problems. It is 7:30 and we are going LIVE.7:27pm Michelle Goldberg - ...
SWING STATE FORUM--The View from Ohio
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November 1, posted by Linda Basch 
SWING STATE FORUM--The View from Michigan
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October 31, 2008 Posted by Linda Basch Below is my exchange with Susan W. Kaufmann, Associate Director for Advocacy at the University of Michigan...
SWING STATE FORUM--The View from Idaho
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October 31, 2008 Posted by Linda Basch  Below is my exchange with Lisa McClain, Director of Gender Studies and an Associate Professor in the...
Health Care Tops the List of Women’s Concerns for Families
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October 28, 2008 Posted by Amy Allina, Program and Policy Director, National Women’s Health Network

Member Experts

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Sally Stevens
Sally Stevens is the Executive Director of the University of Arizona - Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) and a Distinguished Outreach...
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Deborah A. Freund
Professor Deborah A. Freund is the 15th President of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and is an internationally known health economist and...
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Lynda Sagrestano
Lynda M. Sagrestano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis.  She earned a Ph.D. in social psychology...
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Judy Waxman
Judy Waxman is Vice President of Health and Reproductive Rights at the National Women's Law Center. She pioneers advocacy, policy and educational...
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Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Jessica González-Rojas is the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice...
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Sharon L. Camp
Sharon L. Camp is President and CEO of the Guttmacher Institute, the leading policy research organization in the field of sexual and reproductive...
Kyla Bender-Baird
Kyla Bender-Baird, Research and Programs Manager, is providing the Council with a wide range of research and communications support. She received a...
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Ruth Zambrana
Ruth Enid Zambrana, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies, the Director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity,...
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Silvia Henriquez
Silvia Henriquez is responsible for the overall management, fundraising and administration of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health....

News

  • Enforcing the pregnancy bias law of 1978? Long overdue
    March 8, 2012

    Last month's long overdue hearing by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revealed that shocking, blatant attacks on working women are going on more than three decades after passage of the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which...
  • The Economic Impact of the Pill
    March 7, 2012

    The recent controversy over contraception and health insurance has focused on who should pay for the pill. But there is a wealth of economic evidence about the value of the pill – to taxpayers as well as to women in general.

     
  • Women react to Rush's apology: Not accepted?
    March 5, 2012

     The outcry over Rush Limbaugh calling birth control activist Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute,” seems to have worked. Several days after his attempt to slut-shame the Georgetown University law student, Limbaugh...
  • When the Catholic Church nearly approved the pill
    March 5, 2012

     There is something truly baffling about the 2012 presidential candidates hotly debating Planned Parenthood and birth control. These battles were fought — and won — half a century ago. At that time, the vast majority of Americans,...
  • Does Rick Santorum Have a Problem With the Ladies?
    March 2, 2012

    After his narrow loss in Michigan, Rick Santorum is trying to find a way to appeal to women voters, and he may not be able to do enough