Feminist Conversations is a weekly series, where we spotlight feminist activists from across the country. This week we are spotlighting Natasha Bhuyan, a medical student at the University of Arizona. Natasha recently received a 2010 leadership award from the American Medical Association. The award was given, in part, for Bhuyan’s efforts to expand the Medical [...]
A new report from the Center for Public Integrity looks at the prevalence of sexual assault on America’s college campuses. Most feminists would not be surprised to learn that 1 in 5 college women is sexually assaulted. But official data from the schools themselves doesn’t begin to reflect the scope of the problem. And student [...]
This week, the Washington Post ran a great piece discussing some of the barriers faced by medical students who would like to (or might just be considering) become abortion providers. Abortion’s Stigma Affects Doctors’ Training and Choices offers us a very brief summary of some of the problems medical students have in getting even the [...]
