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When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

Despite endometriosis's links to psychiatric conditions, health systems fail to train doctors to spot these connections

"Power of Joy": New Film on Childbirth During Ethiopia's Civil War

The documentary follows a girl who survived a harrowing childbirth to become an ambassador for women's health

Gender

Women's Medical Education in Rojava

Kurdish women are needed to ensure security and safety in the war-torn region

Environment

Extreme Heat and Domestic Violence in Mexico

Currently, no gender or climate policy addresses the links between climate events and risk of violence

Gender

India Is Unprepared for a PCOS Crisis

Further research and evidence-based guidelines could help reconcile the increasingly common endocrine disorder

Gender

Extreme Heat Taxes Africa's Women and Reproduction

Many women in Africa have little or no protection against extreme heat events in their day-to-day lives

Gender

Gambia Moves to Overturn Ban on Female Genital Cutting

The impending collapse of Gambia's ban on the practice casts a shadow over years of hard-fought efforts across Africa

Gender

How Gender and Sex Shape Disease

New research exposes why health systems should tailor responses to the needs of men and women starting at a young age

Gender

Seeking Gender Equality in the Global Health Workforce

By adopting a gender perspective, policymakers can better address the challenges that women in the health sector face

Gender

Count Her In: The Road to Women's Economic Empowerment

Targeting gender-based violence and promoting economic empowerment should be global concerns

Gender

Women’s Labor-Force Participation in the Middle East

How to bridge workplace gender gaps in the region

Poverty

India’s “Widow Village”

Silicosis deaths are rising among miners in Budhpura, Rajasthan

Urbanization

Road Safety in Lusaka

Mayor Chilando Chitangala on road safety, public health, and her political ambitions

Gender

The Woman Behind “Years of Life Lost”

The lost story of Mary Dempsey, who developed a foundational metric of global health