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Women’s Health is Still Invisible…and my Mother Paid the Price

By Sahar Jamal ● Commentary ● July 1, 2026

Is underinvestment the root cause or just a symptom of our societal mindsets around womanhood and, particularly, aging women?

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A Major Leap for Mothers Around the World: Historic Report Presented at UN Human Rights Council

By Amy Neustein, Ph.D. ● Commentary ● June 29, 2026

United Nations Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem Presents Historic Report on Violence Against Mothers Across the Globe before the Human Rights Council, 62nd Session

Did You Know? Young Black Women are at Higher Risk for Early Onset Breast Cancer.

By Asli McCullers ● Commentary ● June 15, 2026

The medical profession should recognize this and act.

Black Women are not Okay: Why Resistance is the Solution

By Shola Shodiya ● Commentary ● June 8, 2026

Sometimes resistance is attending a protest, and sometimes it’s wearing our braids to work in defiance of white, eurocentric beauty standards that are enforced in our workplaces.

What I Actually Learned About Women’s Leadership After the 2010 Earthquake

By Julie Colombino-Billingham ● Commentary ● May 18, 2026

“I don’t want water. I need a job.”

Motherhood has a PR problem — and It’s Not What You Think

By Sahar Jamal & Sabrina Habib ● Commentary ● May 5, 2026

We continue to ask women to make impossible trade-offs between caregiving and career, and then scrutinize whichever choice they make.

Silent Survivors: Preventing Damage to ‘The Cause’

By Carmen McDonald ● Commentary ● April 29, 2026

Dolores Huerta’s story is one of strength and power, but it also exemplifies a chilling reality.

An Unfinished Master’s: The Story of a Young Afghan Woman’s Shattered Dreams

By Hosai Ismael Khan ● Commentary ● April 14, 2026

A future lay ahead of me whose path was unknown and whose end I could not see.

How a “Wizard of Oz” Replay Changed My Life Forever

By Amy Neustein, Ph.D. ● HER-STORY ● April 9, 2026

How a gale force wind lifted me from the sidewalk and sent me flying 15 feet into oncoming traffic…

The Legacy of Elizabeth Blackwell: We Still Have a Mountain to Climb

By Shannon Small MD ● Commentary ● April 1, 2026

Women now make up a majority of residents and fellows for the first time in history, but this growth is not being translated into the field of surgery.