The Feminine Mystique, Shodhini Institute, and "Birthing Our Babies"

Women’s Health in Women’s Hands is a website by Carol Downer. It features DIY Gynecology, with lots of woman-to-woman information about our reproductive and sexual anatomy, safe and effective birth control, abortion, menstruation, menopause, and menstrual extraction—told frankly from an independent woman’s point of view. www.womenshealthinwomenshands.org

Upcoming Event in Los Angeles:

Shodhini Institute Information Night!

Date: February 12, 2013
Time: 7PM - 9PM
Location: Blossom Orange County
18351 Beach Blvd Ste J & K
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Interested in the Shodhini Institute but don’t know where to start?

Come visit us! Shodhini is sanskrit for female researcher. We are blessed by the Shodhini's of India to honor their work and learn fron the out-of-print book "Touch Me, Touch Me Not"

RECLAIM YOUR BODY! BECOME A SHODHINI!

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BIRTHING OUR BABIES
womenshealthinwomenshands.org/BirthingOurBabies

NEW Los Angeles Birth Center

The Natural Birth & Women’s Center is based on a philosophy of client education, participation and choice. Our beliefs are deeply rooted in the knowledge that birth is natural and that respect for nature and the laboring woman and her family is essential.

Our main concern is that birth be a safe, loving and joyful event. We believe that a pregnant woman needs information, support and gentle guidance.

Note: NBWC will have a new birth center in February; and, are offering midwifery training (for a new class).

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Our NEW Online Birth Book

Woman-Centered Pregnancy and Birth

by Ginny Cassidy-Brinn, R.N. , Francie Hornstein, and Carol Downer
Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers
Illustrations by Suzann Gage

A Valuable Resource for Expectant Parents, Midwives, Midwifery Students, Doulas, and Childbirth Educators

A key to understanding pregnancy from an empowered feminist perspective. WCPB gives women the information they need to competently evaluate their options in childbirth in the hospital. WCPB contains indexes of pregnancy and childbirth resources nationwide.

Available Online for Free
womenshealthinwomenshands.org/BirthingOurBabies

Upcoming Panel

The Feminine Mystique: Where Are We 50 Years Later?

Thursday, February 21, 2013
7:15 PM
Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library
630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071

Betty Friedan's groundbreaking book is now 50 years old, and the global struggle for gender equality is-according to many-the paramount moral struggle of this century. Different generations of feminists discuss their perspectives on the issues defining the struggle for women's rights today. Where are we now and where is this revolution headed?

Hanna Rosin (The End of Men); Kathy Spillar, executive editor, Ms. Magazine; Tani Ikeda, co-founder of imMEDIAte Justice; and Carol Downer, co-founder of Feminist Women's Health Centers

Moderated by Dr. Amy Parish, primatologist and Darwinian feminist

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Note: This program is currently Full/Standby. Standby numbers are distributed in person only one hour before the program, on a first-come, first-served, basis. There is no advance wait list for full programs. Standby patrons will be admitted subject to availability.

Most programs will be available via podcast.

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