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Health issues of women of color in the U.S. Web Links
- A National Multiethnic Online Forum Study on Menopausal Symptom Experience
research exploring commonalities and differences in menopausal symptom experience among four major ethnic groups in the US (Whites, Hispanics, African Americans, and Asians)
- Alternatives for Community and Environment
Massachusetts organization for environmental protection of communities of color
- Asian Immigrant Women Advocates Health and Safety Programs
works to empower low-income, limited English-speaking Asian immigrant women workers to stimulate positive health and safety changes in their workplaces, communities and broader society
- Black Women's Health Imperative
empowering African American women to be educated health care consumers
- Forward Together
committed to building a multicultural reproductive justice organization
- Health Disparities Among U.S. Women of Color: An Overview
a report from the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health (.pdf)
- HIV, AIDS and Women
Info from The Office on Women's Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights
a reproductive rights platform from the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
- International Center for Traditional Childbearing
trains midwives and promotes midwifery in the African American community
- Minority Women’s Health
Info from WomensHealth.gov on the health issues facing Latinas and African American, Asian American, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander and American Indians/Alaska Native women
- National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum
works to advance social justice and human rights for Asian Pacific American women and girls
- National Asian Women’s Health Organization
advocacy, policy and research for Asians and Pacific Islander women
- National Black Justice Coalition
information on issues surrounding racism and homophobia
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Latina reproductive health organizing and information
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center
statistics, information, and programs pertinent to minority health, from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Sakhi for South Asian Women
anti-domestic violence organization for South Asian women
- SAWNET: South Asian Health Issues
health concerns of South Asian women
- SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective
women of color organizations working for reproductive and sexual health and rights
- Your Guide to Breastfeeding for African-American Women
benefits of breastfeeding; practical information targeted to women of color
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