From Women’s eNews:
At the tail end of a panel discussion on women’s participation in environmental policy, held in conjunction with the 54th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meeting earlier this month, Polk uttered a word often considered wise to avoid in women’s advocacy: population.
“The population is at nearly 7 billion right now. [...]
Reproductive rights & climate change
April 2nd, 2010 · View Comments
Tags: activism · economic development · environment · feminism · health & well-being · human development · reproduction and repro rights
‘Unclean’ blood
September 9th, 2008 · View Comments
Many refer to it as ‘nature’s curse on women’. It’s commonly thought of as unclean. In some cultures, women are not even allowed to cook during those days of month. But, path-breaking new research could change the way people view the menstrual cycle. And it’s here in India, for the first time ever. The blood [...]
Tags: culture · health & well-being · reproduction and repro rights · sex and sexuality
Thanks Jade Goody
August 25th, 2008 · View Comments
For publicising the risk of cervical cancer. And I hope you will be fine.
According to TOI,
The exit of British television celebrity Jade Goody from the reality show Big Boss was a shocker. But what surprised most was the revelation of the fatal disease – cervical cancer that Goody was detected with. The word ‘Cervic Cancer’ [...]
Tags: health & well-being · reproduction and repro rights · sex and sexuality
7-month-old girl saved by heart surgery
August 25th, 2008 · View Comments
This is a heartening story from the front page, to do away with all the stories of sex-selection and missing girls in Rajasthan:
Benefactors wrote a new chapter in the history of the state infamous for female infanticides, when they saved the life of a seven-month-old baby girl. Yogita was brought back from the brink of [...]
Tags: activism · girl child · health & well-being · reproduction and repro rights · sex selective abortion



