How to Stop Female Genital Mutilation? Empathy Without Judgement

381 views · Published 25 June 2014 · 3:18 · Indexed 27 September 2026

Channel: The Aspen Institute · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The phrase "women's health" slips off the tongues of clinicians, public health experts, community advocates and legislators with ease, but the ideological battles of the past three decades have clouded this once-useful term. Reproductive health services and access to family planning promote health and combat poverty, but they do not represent the sum of women's health needs or rights. Women also differ from men in how they develop, age, and respond to treatment, yet the science of their unique characteristics is alarmingly incomplete. What is "women's health" really about, and how we do re-imagine its future?

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Betty King
Courtney E. Martin (moderator)
Sisonke Msimang
Jane Otai

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