Womens Health

Explained: The US Supreme Court ruling on abortion and what it means for women’s health and well-being

The US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade allows states to put in place their own laws governing abortion. But when it comes to medication abortion or pills, the matter is more complicated

Sexual and reproductive health: 'How did my wife develop an infection?'

An infection after a sterilisation set off three years of pain, a bewildering runaround of hospitals, growing debt, and eventually a hysterectomy for 27-year-old Susheela Devi of Rajasthan’s Dausa district

'Good day for our country': France adopts bill legalising IVF access for lesbian couples, single women

Under current French law, only heterosexual couples have the right to access medically assisted procreation methods such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

What the US Supreme Court's review of abortion law could mean for Mississippi's 'Pink House'

With no doctors in Mississippi willing to do abortions, five out-of-state doctors rotate through Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

How the gender divide in medicine and clinical research is adversely impacting women's health

Women’s health has too often been considered a niche area — even though it involves roughly 50 percent of the world’s population.

Gynecological Cancer Awareness Month: Early diagnosis afford patients better quality of life, disease management

With advancements in science and technology, healthcare delivery of cancer has also evolved and there are screening measures in place for cancer diagnosis.

Cervical, ovarian and three other types of gynaecological cancers that affect women; timely screening key for prevention

Estimates suggest that every year in India, more than 1,22,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and over 67,000 of these patients die

What critics of 'period leave' ignore: Fallout of inherently gendered world impacts every aspect of women’s lives

Predictably, the pushback to Zomato’s seemingly progressive step typifies the usual response to any reproductive health reform with women at the centre.

In Nepal, a storytelling initiative engages local women in dispelling stigma surrounding menstrual hygiene

The story of Kumari seeks to empower the women of Nepal to voice their discomfort with practices that should be critiqued, but have been pushed behind a veneer of culture.

Public participation is a woman’s first-order claim to being recognised as a human being, the pandemic can’t be allowed to undermine that

The COVID pandemic has shown just how deep the fault lines of gender inequality run and how women’s claim to the public is but a carefully negotiated allowance given to women.