Women's health

that women served the war effort. Upper and middle classed women who were breeding materials for their husbands became nurses and clerks in civil service. The working women faced tough and dangerous work, while also leaving the women with long term health problems. Accidents and explosions were also…

The Controversy The 2015 Women’s World Cup is being held in various cities in Canada this year. Women’s soccer teams from all around the nation have travelled to compete against each other, all aiming for the ultimate prize of being crowned the 2015 FIFA World Cup Champions. The Women’s World Cup, an event that occurs every four years, has been around since 1991, yet the 2015 World Cup is the most controversial one to date. The fact is that no FIFA World Cup, men's or women's, has ever been…

for women’s demands. Over the course of 20 years, there was little improvements in access to education, greater education of health issues affective women, and minor legal changes with regards to minimum age of marriage. However, the Egyptian Feminist Union successes in making women’s demands a matter of public debate, and countering the image of women…

There are many reason why the invention of the bicycle changed women’s lives, contributing to the individualistic thought that brought forth waves of feminism. Susan B. Anthony wrote, “That which made me succeed with the bicycle was precisely what had gained me a measure of success in life”; in The life and work of Susan B. Anthony: including public addresses, her own letters and many from her contemporaries during fifty years. A story of the evolution of the status of woman, she equates her…

The Book “Half the Sky” written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn a husband-wife team that won the Pulitzer Prize award and is listed as best selling authors because of their eagerness to discover and understand the truth as journalist. They have collectively described stories of their travels pertaining to women, which throughout their careers of investigating the lives and struggles of women in great depth and their discoveries can be seen throughout “Half the Sky”. In the book Kristof…

discrimination, lack of education, little financial stability, and violence against women and girl can limit females from taking advantage of their reproductive health…

assert how women’s demanded equal rights, had an expansion of responsibilities and little political power, and the access to birth controls. The economic changes also involved women’s that were needed in the workplace, the right to vote, and growth of the women’s conditions. Not only this, but the social changes includes the stereotypes given to women and having no voice of opinion in politics. In addition, the economy, politics, and society had affected the position of American women’s in which…

Am I a Feminist? As I consider this question I find myself mentally pouring over the course material absorbed in the last fourteen weeks. So much has been revealed, discovered and learned in the area of Women’s Studies. Significantly, the cultural representation of women, properly defining and encompassing the entirety of a woman, the right of women to manage their own bodies, equality in education and career goals, and the need for women to be represented in government, are some major areas in…

Looking back in history, there have been many successful and unsuccessful New Social Movements. In Canada, the women’s movement has been seen to be very successful. The Women’s Movement is committed to developing unequal power relations in politics and identifying and challenging how gender and other hierarchies affect global politics. This social movement made changes in development that leads to advancement in gender equity over time, fighting for women to participate more in politics. This…

Women’s Rights Movement Introduction Since time memorial women’s rights, movements have been concerned with various issues about women. The goals of these movements kept on changing as women learnt more about their rights. The goals women fought for in the early 1920s were different from those fought for in 1970s. This paper shall discuss the various rights fought for and how women rights movement changed over time. The paper shall allude from Gloria Steinem ‘Testimony on Equal rights…