The pandemic has only exacerbated the racial disparities in birth outcomes, but new legislation focused on reducing Black maternal deaths provides a beacon of hope. health crisis before the pandemic hit, for women of color, especially Black women, things went from bad to worse. It’s an ongoing health scandal we should all be talking about …
We Should All Be Talking About America’s Black Maternal Health Crisis Read More »
*This article of mine is published on CNN.* When I heard the news that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are recommending that the United States pause the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine over six reported US cases of a “rare and severe” type …
it’s time for a revolution in women’s health care Read More »
Hello My Dear Readers! If you want to know why I have been so quiet it’s because I have been in my writing hole finishing the manuscript for my first book, HYSTERICAL: HOW SEXISM IN HEALTHCARE KILLS WOMEN. Well, that and trying to survive the COVID pandemic, of course. It is forthcoming from Simon and …
I have some news, as they say! I am writing a book for Simon and Schuster’s Tiller Press on women’s health. The forthcoming work is tentatively titled, Hysterical: How Sexism in Healthcare Kills Women and is slated for release Fall 2021. I want thank you to all the women who helped bring me to this …
My work as a policy analyst in Washington largely centered around women’s reproductive health and rights. For almost a decade, I lobbied to ensure US foreign policy protected women’s access to the healthcare they need. Sadly, the domestic war on women’s health is just as strong as the global opposition, so it was an honor to …
*This article of mine is published on CNN.* Women pressuring T.J. Shope, a Republican Arizona state representative, to push forward a bill that would provide free and unlimited feminine hygiene products to female inmates in Arizona’s state prison are sending him — what else? — tampons and pads. The bill, introduced by Rep. Athena Salman, …
Access To Hygiene Products Is A Human Rights Issue Read More »
It was such an honor to be back on MSNBC’s Am Joy show with two of my feminist icons, Zerina Maxwell and Irin Carmon for a “power panel” discussion on Obama’s birth control mandate being rolled back by who else but Donald sexual-assaulter-in-chief, Donald Trump. It never fails to blow my mind how real and …
Anushay’s Point On MSNBC: Birth Control Is Healthcare Read More »
If you feel like you are having political deja vu with the Republicans going after Planned Parenthood yet again, you are forgiven. This week as Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards testified on Capitol Hill against the heavily edited tapes against her organization and fetal tissue donation, once against the GOP called for the government to …
Most of my readers know that before going full-time with my writing three years ago, I spent close to a decade working as a feminist policy analyst on Capitol Hill in Washington. That means that working and lobbying to ensure US foreign policy protected women’s health & rights was my job. So at the core, …
Anushay’s Point Tells #PPGeneration: Your Story Is Your Power Read More »
*This post of mine was also published on Women in the World/ The New York Times.* Bangladesh is often touted as a development star. The nation has famously slashed maternal deaths by 40 percent in the last decade, pioneered micro-finance and increased women’s participation in the country’s economy. But for millions of women in this …
In Bangladesh, Mobile App Removes Stigma Of Talking About Women’s Health Read More »