Women's Health

Latest

Gender
Min Min rock climbing in a top-rope set up in Yangshuo, China. 2022. Photo courtesy of Min Min.

Risk, Pregnancy, and Extreme Sports

by Chen Chen

Athletes and experts weigh in

Gender
A woman wears a face mask and has the words "Freedom" written in blue paint on her forehead in Arabic. She takes part in a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 4, 2022.

The Toll of Violence on Women and Youth in Iran

by Behnaz Darban, Natasha Poulopoulos

A "pervasive trauma is seeping through Iran," affecting the mental health of women and children

Naveed Ahmed, a doctor, gives medical assistance to Hameeda, who is suffering from malaria, at Sayed Abdullah Shah Institute of Medical Sciences in Sehwan, Pakistan, on September 29, 2022.
Governance

COVID-19 Fueled Record-Breaking Investments in Global Health

by Kevin O’Rourke, Angela E. Micah, Joseph L. Dieleman

Examining opportunities and challenges related to development spending

Rukia Kondogoza, a cervical cancer patient, shares a bed in a female ward of a cancer institute in the capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on November 11, 2009.
Gender

The Path to Vaccinating the World Against HPV

by Kelly Compton, Annie Chan

Fewer required doses, more affordable vaccines

An abortion rights activist gestures during a demonstration in Mexico City.
Gender

The Complexity of Religion and Abortion in Mexico City

by Alejandra Martinez

Reconciling faith with reproductive decisions

An woman walks along a street in Tehran, Iran, on May 26, 2021. Behind her stretches a wall with thick colorful horizontal stripes in shadess of blue and aqua.
Gender

Women and Stroke in Iran

by Athena Sharifi-Razavi

Stroke-prevention efforts fail to meet low-income women’s needs

A girl dressed in white walks knee-deep in water after heavy rains and floods in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan, on November 6, 2019.
Gender

Family Planning: Global Disparities Persist

by Corinne Bintz, Annie Haakenstad, Susan A. McLaughlin

Contraception access and options need to improve to help empower women, young people