Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)

This article discusses emdometriosis. Shares new research and treatment options. 

This article explores the history of choices in childbirth. Shares one woman's home birth experience. 

This article discusses the use of sex selection and other reproductive technologies. Centres issues of race and class. 

This article is the product of knitting together the collective knowledge of women in outport Newfoundland to gain a deeper understanding of the history of women healers. Highlights the special role of the midwife. 

This article includes a conversation between two women about their abortion experiences. Addresses depression and grief. 

This article discusses the culture of childbearing. Explores how medicalization has becomes the ritual of birth in North America. Explores how women are reclaiming their bodies in birth. 

This article examines the history of lay abortion. Seeks to close the gap between the pro-choice and midwifery movements. 

This article discusses the medical and ethical issues regarding the use of mammography, performed yearly on asymptomatic women, or undertaken for screening purposes on large numbers of women. 

This article highlights the biggest health concern across North America: environmental hazards. Discusses workplace hazards in Nursing. 

This article profiles groups and organizations throughout Ontario who are working to eliminate woman abuse, reduce workplace and environmental health hazards and improve the health of women.