Juhie Bhatia, Author at Women's eNews

France’s Birth Control Pill Use Plummets Post Scare

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● December 19, 2014

In a country where the pill has long dominated, women are now turning to other options, including less reliable “natural” methods. At the same time, abortion rates may have gone up last year, partly due to the pill controversy. Story reported with Hajer Naili.

France Pushes Abortion Rights Beyond Its Borders

By Juhie Bhatia & Hajer Naili ● Health & Science ● December 15, 2014

Last month, a French delegation went to Geneva with the European Women’s Lobby to push an abortion-related resolution at the upcoming Beijing+20 Summit. With this and other efforts France is developing a profile as a European leader on abortion rights.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Scrutinizes Court’s Gender Rulings

By Juhie Bhatia ● Crime & Law ● September 12, 2014

The 81-year-old, known to her online fans as the Notorious R.B.G., is the oldest member of the court, but she says she’s not planning on going away any time soon. Here are some of her thoughts from a New York women’s health gathering earlier this week.

U.S. Hospitals Hinder Black Women’s Breastfeeding

By Juhie Bhatia ● Black Maternal Health ● August 29, 2014

The recent study finds that maternity centers may be part of the reason behind the country’s racial breastfeeding gap. A film released this week, in honor of Black Breastfeeding Week, is aimed at changing the trend.

Wartime Violence against Disabled Women Often Ignored

By Juhie Bhatia ● Uncategorized ● June 18, 2014

Disability rights activists called for a variety of remedies during a panel of a major London conference last week. “If you have reduced mobility, it makes it that much harder to run when everyone else is fleeing from the village, you may have less chance to run away,” said one speaker.

New Rules for British Midwives Spark Abortion Furor

By Juhie Bhatia ● Uncategorized ● June 5, 2014

The Department of Health has said that the new guidelines only clarify existing abortion laws and there’s been no change in the role nurses and midwives have played in abortion since the 1980s. But activists are trading punches through the press and social media.

Women’s Ski Jumping Makes Olympic Debut Amid Protest

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● February 8, 2014

Female ski jumpers will compete Feb.11 for the first time in this event since the Winter Olympics began 90 years ago. In the backdrop, protests and boycott calls continue against the Sochi Winter Games over Russia’s discrimination of gays and lesbians.

Shock Over Black Woman in Yoga Class Stirs Outrage

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● January 30, 2014

Expressed in an essay published in XO Jane this week, the article has angered many women of color and those who practice yoga, who call the story racist, discriminatory against larger women and further fueling the lack of diversity in yoga.

Iceland Tops New Environment and Gender Scorecard

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● November 16, 2013

The scoring system measures 72 countries on such things as rates of anemia, access to agricultural land and women in policymaking positions. The United States has the lowest rates of anemia, but factors such as its failure to ratify CEDAW pushed it to 14th place.

How 9 Countries Score on Women’s Rights and the Environment

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● November 16, 2013

The Environment and Gender Index (EGI) monitors women’s empowerment and gender equality in the environmental arena in 72 countries. This photo gallery shows how nine countries ranked.

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