Browsing: Womens

‘You are not a bad mother’: transforming women’s mental health care during pregnancy and after childbirth in Armenia – EU NEIGHBOURS east

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The arrival of a baby is often seen as one of life’s most joyful moments. Yet behind the expectation of happy motherhood, some women experience anxiety, depression, fear or emotional distress – feelings that can remain hidden behind the pressure to be “a good mother”. In Armenia, a woman’s mental health during the perinatal period…

AD1229: Few Malians support women’s autonomy in decisions about marriage and childbearing

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Sexual and reproductive rights encompass the rights enabling every person to access sexual and reproductive health services, receive appropriate sexuality education, maintain bodily integrity, choose their sexual partners, exercise autonomy regarding marriage on the basis of equality between spouses, lead a safe and satisfying sexual life, and freely choose their sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender…

Honoring Indigenous Midwives: Recognizing Indigenous Women’s Role in Delivering Family and Community Healthcare Across the World

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Yas Queen! Drag and Trans Women’s Mental Health

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Protests like Compton’s Cafeteria Riots and the Stonewall Uprising have become meaningful symbols of LGBTQ resistance against police harassment and violence. What is often left out of these stories, however, is the central role that Black and Brown trans women, femmes, and drag queens played in them. They faced the harshest police violence and were…