PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #20: Women of the world, against austerity and patriarchy

Fri Mar 4 12:05:20 PST 2022

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From: Peoples Health Dispatch <health at peoplesdispatch.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 8:38 PM
Subject: Bulletin #20: Women of the world, against austerity and patriarchy
To: <ana at phmovement.org>

This fortnight As we prepare for 8 March, International Women’s Day,
women’s health around the world remains undermined by conservative policies
in sexual and reproductive health and austerity measures alike. Trade
unions and health movements in France have launched an international call
to women health workers asking them to rise against austerity, patriarchy,
and violence. They are now collecting signature

Bulletin #20: Women of the world, against austerity and patriarchy
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/p/c1c43f09-fa2c-44d2-844a-01cac2988188/>
By People's Health Dispatch – 04 Mar 2022 – View online →
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/p/c1c43f09-fa2c-44d2-844a-01cac2988188/>

This fortnight

As we prepare for 8 March, International Women’s Day, women’s health around
the world remains undermined by conservative policies in sexual and
reproductive health and austerity measures alike.

Trade unions and health movements in France
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/03/03/women-rise-up-in-france-as-march-8-approaches/>have
launched an international call to women health workers asking them to rise
against austerity, patriarchy, and violence. They are now collecting signatures
<https://chng.it/FKDCfn67>of support for their manifesto, while getting
ready for a feminist strike in the health, care, and social sectors on 8
March.

In the past weeks, women in Colombia and Ecuador have witnessed changes of
local legislation on abortion and reproductive health. While the feminist
movement in Colombia
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/22/colombia-decriminalizes-elective-abortion-in-milestone-ruling/>has
secured a long-awaited victory by achieving decriminalization of elective
abortion, in Ecuador
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/21/advances-and-setbacks-in-the-struggle-for-abortion-access-in-ecuador/>the
achievements have not been so clear-cut.

Primary health care doctors in Italy
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/03/04/enough-of-creeping-privatization-of-health-care-say-striking-italian-doctors/>went
on strike on 1-2 March, warning about the long-lasting problems on this
level of the health system. They quoted the lack of recognition of their
contribution during the pandemic, serious staff shortages, and creeping
privatization among their main concerns.

In the Philippines
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/25/questions-raised-on-filipino-activists-arrest-as-authorities-continue-red-tagging-of-movements/>,
health activists and popular leaders remain vulnerable to red tagging by
the government. The recent arrest of Naty Castro, a physician and rights
activist, is only one in a long series of cases of persecution against
civil society by the Duterte administration.

In a new video interview, we talk with Priti Patnaik
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ZWhFfJFz4>, Founding Editor of Geneva
Health Files, about two recent international meetings - the EU-AU Summit
and the WTO General Council - with a focus on health, intellectual
property, and the TRIPS waiver.

For this issue’s *Data speaks*, we look into intimate partner violence as a
public health concern.
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*Women rise up in France as March 8 approaches
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/03/03/women-rise-up-in-france-as-march-8-approaches/>*

A coalition of unions and grassroots movements in France is preparing for a
month-long mobilization linking International Women’s Day and People’s
Health Day

*Colombia decriminalizes elective abortion in milestone ruling
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/22/colombia-decriminalizes-elective-abortion-in-milestone-ruling/>*

With the decision, Colombia has become the third country in Latin America,
following Argentina and Mexico, to expand the sexual and reproductive
rights of women in recent years

*Advances and setbacks in the struggle for abortion access in Ecuador
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/21/advances-and-setbacks-in-the-struggle-for-abortion-access-in-ecuador/>*

Feminist and women rights movements rejected the approval of a bill with
inhibitory deadlines and condemned that it would force women to continue to
seek clandestine abortions in unsafe conditions

*Enough of creeping privatization of health care, say striking Italian
doctors
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/03/04/enough-of-creeping-privatization-of-health-care-say-striking-italian-doctors/>*

Primary healthcare physicians in Italy held a 48-hour strike on March 1-2,
demanding adequate protection of their rights and warning against the
creeping privatization of health

*Questions raised on Filipino activist’s arrest as authorities continue
red-tagging of movements*
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/25/questions-raised-on-filipino-activists-arrest-as-authorities-continue-red-tagging-of-movements/>

The country’s rights watchdog as well as lawyers representing activist Naty
Castro have raised questions about the serious procedural lapses and
irregularities in her arrest
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*Video: TRIPS waiver discussions set to enter a crucial stage
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ZWhFfJFz4>*

Priti Patnaik, Founding Editor of the Geneva Health Files, talks about the
discussions on the TRIPS waiver on COVID-19 related products
  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ZWhFfJFz4>
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