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Founding Member of Our Bodies, Our Selves To Celebrate 40th Anniversary in Albuquerque

When: November 30, 2011 7:00-8:30pm
Where: Dane Smith Hall Room 125, University of New Mexico Campus
Contact: Giovanna Rossi, 505-620-6030 or Rebecca Vanucci, 215-820-3673

Judy Norsigian, founder and Executive Director of Our Bodies, Ourselves, will talk about the legacy of women’s health. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Judy Norsigian will discuss the new edition of the book as well as the status of women’s health today.

Event is sponsored by:
· Gender Impacts Policy, a project of the Center of SW Culture

· Women Studies Department at the University of New Mexico

· Women’s Resource Center at the University of New Mexico

This event is FREE and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Parking on the University of New Mexico campus is free after 6PM and parking is available near Dane Smith Hall off of Las Lomas Blvd.

Quick Facts:
· There have been over 4 million copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves sold all over the world since the first publication.

· The book covers topics ranging from safer sex, sexual health, gender identity, birth control, activism, the health care system, as well as many more.

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Health and Human Rights Lecture

UNM Public Health Program
Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Lecture

“Moving from Science to Policy and Practice: Building Healthier
Communities based on Human Rights”

Brian Smedley, PhD
Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC.

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: National Hispanic Cultural Center (Bank of America Auditorium)
1701 4th Street SW

Seating is limited. Please plan to arrive early.

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Women’s Health Today – December Promo

Tune in to Women’s Health Today hosted by Giovanna Rossi on December 23 at 8am on KUNM 89.9fm or online at kunm.org. The show will feature Dr. Saralyn Mark, sex and gender based health expert and NASA medical consultant, who will discuss her new book “Stellar Medicine: A Journey Through Women’s Health”. Also on the show: important information you may not know about the impact of health care reform on women in New Mexico.
Listen to the promo here.

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Film Screening: The Business of Being Born

The Feminist Research Institute and the Women’s Resource Center invite you:

Film Screening: The Business of Being Born
Followed by a panel discussion with healthcare professionals
Tuesday, November 8th, 6:30-9:00 pm
Anthropology room 163

Speakers:
Joel Teicher, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics Gynecology atUNM
Julie Gorwoda, CNM MSN, Director of Nurse-Midwifery Education at UNM
Kelly Camden, LM on Albuquerque Birth Network Board of Directors
Marie Meakin, RN, BSN, L&D Nurse, Birthing from Within Instructor
Karen Brown, Doula and Leader of Birth Talk, Los Alamos
Connie Koshewa, LM, CPM, MPH

The Business of Being Born:
Filmmaker Abby Epstein and actress Ricki Lake collaborate to explore how
childbirth is treated in America. Is birth a natural, safe process,
or a medical phenomenon with the potential to go seriously wrong? Many
current points of view are explored in this powerful documentary.

The free film screening will be followed by a panel discussion of six local
childbirth professionals. They will discuss their perspectives, relate the
film to the local community, and answer questions from the audience.

Come join us on Tuesday, November 8th at 6:30 p.m. in the Anthropology
Building room 163. See attached flier for more details. For further
information, please email femresin@unm.edu. This event is presented by the
Feminist Research Institute and The Women’s Resource Center.

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Albuquerque Journal Letter to the Editor

Printed in Talk of the Town October 11, 2011

Finally, Health Care That Works For All

THE NEW health care law is already having a positive effect on health care costs in New Mexico. Part of why premium increases are slowing is because of the protections the law affords.

The health law provides states with funding to help us better evaluate huge spikes in insurance premiums. These dollars provide states with the capacity to bring greater transparency to the insurance market by reviewing rate increases, which ultimately helps to drive down premiums and hold insurance companies accountable.

Ever-rising premiums have hampered women’s ability to afford health insurance. Not only does this new law help to reduce insurance premiums, but it protects women from discriminatory health insurance practices, and makes coverage more secure by ensuring that working families cannot be denied care due to a pre-existing condition.

The law also provides basic preventative health care and women’s health services with no-copy, which reduces the amount of out-of-pocket costs women would have had to spend on needed care. The law not only helps women and families in New Mexico, but it makes good economic sense.

According to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, the health care law will reduce the federal deficit by $143 billion in the first 10 years and by more than $1 trillion in the second 10 years.

GIOVANNA ROSSI PRESSLEY

Albuquerque

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Task Force on Work-Life Balance Reports to LHHS

The Task Force on Work-Life Balance reported today to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee. The report includes a definition of Family-Friendly Policies, profitability outcomes for employers, social outcomes for employees and communities, and information on family-friendly business awards. Committee Chair, Senator Dede Feldman, endorsed the idea of an employer awards program. Watch the presentation on You Tube.
Read the full report below.
HM1ReportLHHS2011

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Policy Briefing on Women and Health Care Reform

November 2, 2011 9:00-11:30am
Albuquerque Crowne Plaza Hotel
(formerly Albuquerque Hilton)
1901 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM
RSVP here.

Policy Briefing with National Women’s Law Center VP for Health, Judy Waxman, J.D.
Judy Waxman is the Vice President of Health and Reproductive Rights at the National Women’s Law Center. She pioneers advocacy, policy and educational strategies to promote the quality and availability of health care, including reproductive choice, for American women. Prior to joining the National Women’s Law Center, Ms. Waxman served as Deputy Executive Director at Families USA for over a decade. She holds a law degree from American University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami, in Florida.
A panel of experts will follow:
Joan LaMunyon Sanford, NM Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and Raising Women’s Voices
Justina Trott, Women’s Health Services and RWJ CHP Women’s Health Policy Unit
Barbara K.Webber, Health Action New Mexico
Jane Wishner, Southwest Women’s Law Center

This event is FREE but RSVP is required.

Event sponsored by:
RWJF CHP at UNM Women’s Health Policy Unit
Gender Impacts Policy, a project of the Center of Southwest Culture
State of Women: A partnership between National Women’s Law Center and Gender Impacts Policy