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What Black women do when the NHS fails them

Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.

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Battling the heteronormativity of sexual health

As a queer, Black women, Mary W is sick of the never-ending hetero-cycle of clinic appointments, where her needs and sexuality are always a surprise to the doctor. She calls for a revolution.

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’No you’re not’ – a portrait of autistic women

In this sensitive series of portraits and interviews, photographer Rosie Barnes acknowledges the voices and experiences of autistic women.

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How the mental health system fails Black people

Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.

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  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • Great safer sex for grown-ups : if you thought that safer sex was boring, or dull, or not 'real' sex, read on / produced by Women's Health Information Mobile ... with assistance from Aidsline, the Health Promotion Service, Enfield Health Authority.
  • A mobile health unit, parked in a Pennsylvania field: women and their children are shown receiving treatment from the unit's health practitioners. Photograph, 1920/1930?.
  • An information sheet about AIDS for parents, teachers and students with 7 questions and answers and illustrations on how AIDS is not transmitted; an advertisement by the Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health. Colour lithograph by Mike Biele, Papen and Design Werkstatt.
  • Protection of women and girls from AIDS: endorsement by six Chinese celebrities. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • Over 10 million women worldwide have been infected with the HIV virus : women acount for 42% of the 21 million adults now living with HIV / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities.
  • Over 10 million women worldwide have been infected with the HIV virus : women acount for 42% of the 21 million adults now living with HIV / NPL, The Naz Project, an HIV/AIDS service for the South Asian, Middle Eastern & North African communities.
  • Women now... Take Care / HIV/AIDS Team, Lothian Health Board.
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