Diet Culture as a Tool to Control Women
“You look great, did you lose weight?” How often do we hear this comment? In modern society health and wellness…
Unwelling Women and Gender Minorities: Language, Image and Power in Health Campaigns
Health communication campaigns can fail to achieve their objective, or even worsen health disparities, if they do not consider gender…
Women’s Rights in Health and Planetary Justice
In recent decades, the World Health Organization and many international institutions have shown the need to contribute to improved health,…
Ageism and Health
Globally, ageism is widespread in healthcare affecting from diagnosis to prognosis and it is associated with a decrease of 7.5…
Body Dissatisfaction in Women as a Global Mental Health Concern
Girls and women with negative thoughts and feelings about their bodies are more likely to develop certain mental health conditions…
Care Tasks and their Impact on Women’s Health
According to UN Women data, women perform at least 2.5 times more domestic and caregiving work than men. This situation…