Interview
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Fifty years ago, shared frustration about the medical field’s lack of respect for women’s health concerns spawned a new book: ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves.’
It created a conversation that grew into a movement, encouraging women to take agency of their bodies and speak frankly about sexual, reproductive, and gender-based health issues.
Although the organization is no longer publishing updated editions of the book, it is embarking on a new phase: a partnership with Suffolk University that will keep updated women’s health information online on the platform, Our Bodies Ourselves Today.
Jim Braude was joined by Judy Norsigian, an original co-founder and executive director of Our Bodies, Ourselves; and Diana Namumbejja Abwoye, a board member of Our Bodies, Ourselves, who helped bring the book to women in Uganda.
Transcription, translation (into Portuguese), and subtitles by Wisley Vilela
In Brazil, the translation of Our Bodies, Ourselves is in progress as a part of project held in partnership by Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e and Unicamp. Information on this project is available at https://obosbrasil.com/en.