A guest blog for Menstrual Matters by Dr Julia Haarhuis, a nutritian scientist specialising in menstrual health & HA Recovery When “healthy” turns harmful… You eat organic food, exercise regularly,
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Archives for No pain
Myth Busting Genital Cutting (FGC): Part 7- The importance of informed consent…
Trigger warnings: Descriptions of Female Genital Cutting; gender-based violence; sexism; transphobia; pain and distress; trauma In the UK, FGC is considered child/ sexual abuse and a form of gender-based violence
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Myth Busting Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Part 6- Solutions…
Trigger warnings: Descriptions of Female Genital Cutting; gender-based violence; sexism; life-long pain and distress; miscarriage; maternal mortality; infertility. As discussed in the previous blog, FGC is perpetuated by pro-natalist patriarchal
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Myth Busting Female Genital Cutting (FGC): Part 4- Health Implications
Trigger warnings: Descriptions of Female Genital Cutting; gender-based violence; sexism; life-long pain and distress; miscarriage; maternal mortality; infertility. This is the fourth part of our blog series on FGC (Female
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Medical misogyny is nothing new…
…and we won’t end it with good intentions and further clinical segregation. The latest Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) report on female reproductive health caused a media storm, and rightfully
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