young women

(VIDEO) Happy Mother's Day To The Biggest Influence on a Young Woman's Life

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by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

May 6, 2010 - 10:58am (Print)

Center for Reproductive Rights celebrates the biggest role model for young women and reproductive health, their mothers.

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Responding to Newsweek: Young Women Lead a Vibrant Reproductive Justice Movement

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by Desiree Flores, Ms. Foundation for Women

April 23, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Young women -- and their families and communities -- still care intensely about reproductive rights, they just need to be engaged in new ways...and not only in election years.

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That's What Vampires Are For

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

November 26, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Even in the movie adaptation, Twilight's basic storyline -- "I won't bite you, it's for your own good" -- can't be changed.
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Between a Rock Star and a Hard Place

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

August 15, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

A new anti-Obama campaign ad suggests that McCain knows he has already lost the young women's vote -- and that it wasn't worth having to begin with.

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Exposed: American Pregnancy Association Hides Links to CPCs

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by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

August 8, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

The American Pregnancy Association, an organization that presents itself as an unbiased medical resource for women seeking to sustain their pregnancies, in fact acts as a funnel for crisis pregnancy centers.
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World Leaders Must Address Women's Needs at IAC

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by Neha Sood, Youth Coalition

August 1, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

When will the world's leaders gathered at the International AIDS Conference realize that young women are a priority concern in stopping the HIV/AIDS pandemic?
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Teen Sexual Behavior Does Not Predict HPV Risk

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by Alexa Stanard, New Journalist Fellow

July 16, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

A teen's sexual activity doesn't predict her future risk for HPV, and shouldn't determine whether she receives the HPV vaccine, University of Michigan researchers find.
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Wanderlust: A Bike Tour of Reproductive Justice

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by Nora Dye, Choice USA

March 28, 2008 - 8:49am (Print)

A young reproductive justice advocate hops on her bike and travels across the U.S. to uncover what sexual politics looks like across America. Want to join her?

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In Africa, Menstruation Can Be a Curse

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by Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

March 25, 2008 - 8:50am (Print)

Menstruation is perhaps one of the most ordinary individual female experiences but, in sub-Saharan Africa, the experience often impacts society as a whole negatively due to the absence of clean water, sanitation, and products to cope with menstrual flow.

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Facts Have No Place in Ab-Only

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by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

March 24, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

On the front lines healthcare providers and volunteers meet young women who learn prevention post-infection, who explore contraceptive options after a pregnancy and who are growing up in a culture where sophisticated media outlets sell sex as power.

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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