MergerWatch Raises Women’s Voices.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007The MergerWatch organization of New York, in partnership with the Avery Institute for Social Change and the National Women’s Health Network, is in the midst of bringing a vital issue to the forefront of the healthcare reform movement- women’s rights. The name of this ongoing project is Raising Women’s Voices for the Healthcare We Need.
Unlike other healthcare efforts that claim they have the rights of the uninsured at the base of their campaign, Raising Women’s Voices has actually asked real women what struggles they’ve had with their medical insurance and how they would attempt to rectify the healthcare system. The project places special priority on engaging women from communities that are frequently marginalized in health policy discussions such as low-income families, communities of color, immigrants, young women, women with disabilities and those who are lesbians, bisexual or transgender.
Through these discussions, Raising Women’s Voices hopes to develop a vision for a healthcare system that would meet the identified needs of these women and their families, real needs from real people. The project aims to mobilize women to advocate for their rights in their own communities, so that their voices are heard before the rest of the healthcare reform movement drowns them out.
Click here to check out information on their upcoming audio conference next week, “Where Should Women’s Health Advocates Put Our Energy?”