Women's Health Journal articles from April 2007

Women's Health Journal archives from April 2007

Protecting our right to health: being a lesbian, assuming a lesbian identity.
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Today more than ever there is a growing social awareness and openness towards the concept of freedom of sexual orientation as a universal human right, but we still have a long way to go to a full realization of this...

Health and stigma.(Protecting Our Right to Health: BEING A LESBIAN, ASSUMING A LESBIAN IDENTITY)
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We often talk about the stigma that lesbians and bisexual women suffer. My interest here is to highlight the role this stigma plays in their health and some of the main consequences for the lives of lesbians and...

Are you at higher risk of developing breast or cervical cancer? For all women who love women ...(Protecting Our Right to Health: BEING A LESBIAN, ASSUMING A LESBIAN IDENTITY)
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Being lesbian or bisexual does not directly influence the frequency of breast or cervical cancers. However, because there are certain risk factors that are particularly prevalent among women who love women, it's...

Lesbians, health and human rights: a Latin American perspective: a contribution for discussion and reflection.(Protecting Our Right to Health: BEING A LESBIAN, ASSUMING A LESBIAN IDENTITY)
April 1, 2007... Introduction This document seeks to stimulate reflection and dialogue among our colleagues in movements involving lesbian, women's, feminist, health and human rights issues both within and outside of Latin America. It is based on our own...

Women's identities, subordination and affliction: interview with Ana Tavora Rivero.(OPINION)(Interview)
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] In March 2007, 25 years after it was founded, Chile's Educacion Popular en Salud (EPES, Grassroots Education for Health) organized two important opportunities for reflection with the participation of Dr. Ana Tavora....

Gender equity in health sector reform.(PANORAMA)
April 1, 2007... The various health sector reforms undertaken throughout our region in the past several years have included a theoretical commitment to guaranteeing universal access to high-quality health care for all people. In several countries of Latin...

Globalization, reforms and the right to health: the case of Latin America.(PANORAMA)
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There is a close linkage between the processes of globalization and of government reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean, including health sector reform. Globalization involves the creation of a competitive...

Outcomes in reproductive health: the Pacific Institute for Women's Health.(SHARING OUR EXPERIENCES)
April 1, 2007... This issue's Sharing Our Experiences section describes a two-year project of the Pacific Institute for Women's Health in Los Angeles, California, which was carried out in collaboration with the East Los Angeles Women's Center, the Los Angeles...