World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization, as well as other related organizations. World Health Day is an initiative taken  to raise awareness about the overall health and well-being of people across the world. In 1948, the WHO held […]

National Girl Me Too Day recognizes the strength and endurance of women of all ages. This day is an opportunity to show support for all the women around us. National Girl Me Too Day strives to break down divisions among women of all walks of life and remind them that they have all carried similar […]

Each year in the United States, about 700 women die during pregnancy or in the year after. Every pregnancy-related death is tragic, especially because most are preventable. Conditions such as weakened heart muscle, thrombotic pulmonary embolism, and high blood pressure contributed to a significantly higher proportion of pregnancy-related deaths among African American women than among […]

Let’s use NIAW to raise our voices, talk about the issues facing this community and make sure we continue to support those most in need. Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter what race, religion, sexuality or economic status. Change begins with being part of a national movement, National Infertility Awareness Week®. […]

Mothers are paid 70 cents for every dollar paid to fathers. On this day, we will be raising awareness about the wage gap experienced by moms and its disproportionate impact on moms of color. We will be highlighting how pay discrimination shows up in workplace and the impacts of COVID-19, including a discussion about frontline […]

Calls for women and their female friends to be celebrated. Due to an ever-growing technological world and the increased exposure levels, everyone has a set of expectations dumped onto them in terms of how they should look, behave, dress up, etc. Females, especially, continue to have immense societal/patriarchal preconceptions pushed onto them. A basic example […]

National Women’s Health Week starts each year on Mother’s Day to encourage women and girls to make their health a priority. Even during COVID-19 when many of us are at home, there are safe ways for you to stay active and healthy. Women personify many roles in our lives. Two out of every three caregivers in the […]

The focus of this National Women’s Health Week (NWHW), May 9, 2021, is to remind women that these appointments are vital for helping them maintain healthy lifestyles, identify issues early, and hopefully avoid serious health risks. Top 5 steps to prioritizing your health Act now - CDC reported in June 2020 that an estimated 4 in […]