Report of the WEBCAST Marathon
"Full Spectrum for Women´s Holistic Health" 

May 28 - International Women's Health Day
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The Marathon in 

pictures audience "in situ" "in promptu" training.

click here María Eugenia Chávez of SIPAM in México, speaks over the phone with FIRE about the Campaign, "Right to the Health, Right Citizen of the Women" by the Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN) in her country on May 28th.
click here Disabilities rights feminist activist, Laura Hershey live on FIRE about current reproductive rights and health issues of women with disabilities in the USA and their connections to women with disabilities in other countries.
click here USA polygamist community survivor, Laura Chapman tells FIRE´s Margaret Thompson her story of escape from a Mormon community. She believes polygamy is not about "consenting adults" and describes the health effects of such practice on women.
click here A National Radio Project Women´s Desk contribution to FIRE´s webcast Marathon, where Latina health activist Belma Gonzalez of a San Francisco Women´s Health Clinic speaks about the barriers to women´s health care that have to be broken in the USA public health system.
click here Center for Reproductive Law and Policy Executive Director, Kathy Hall Martínez speaks to FIRE´s María Suárez over the phone about Bush´s Global Gag Rule that prohibits AID funding to groups that even mention the word "abortion" in third world countries. She addresses the need to gather information about how the Rule affects women in their countries and the need to lobby against this policy.
click here Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) Women´s Desk director, Jennifer Posner, speaks over the phone with FIRE´s María Suárez about US media coverage of the Global Gag Rule in the USA.
click here Native American women´s health activist Diane Williams speaks on "Making Contact" of the National Radio Project about Native American women´s reproductive health issues. She believes that when public policy skips prevention, the price is tenfold…for women and for the system.
 

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