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Join us in empowering women to take charge of their reproductive health

Reproductive and sexual health and rights are a human right (Photo: Shutterstock)

Women's reproductive health encompasses a wide spectrum of factors. While issues such as such fertility, pregnancy and childbirth have, for years, been the point of focus, other factors such as infertility, family planning, reproductive health complications have previously gone unspoken. But this is changing as they are now coming to the forefront. 

More and more women have began speaking about their struggle to get or stay pregnant, feeling like they have no control over when and how many times they get pregnant, and the problems they've been plagued with throughout their reproductive years such as fibroids and cysts, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, among others. Other topics that are also veiled in mystery include matters menopause and invasive procedures such as hysterectomies. 

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