Class presentation I prepared for the Women's Health Issues Course I interned with at Kent State University in Fall 2015.

1. Women’s Global Health
Issues
Women’s Health Issues
HED 45025
11.04.2015

2. Privilege

3. Reflection Questions:
1. Why is it important that the women from these countries reject
the use of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)?
2. What is the Relationship between FGM and control?
3. What is the fear surrounding the denial of “getting cut”?
4. Why do men feel it is validated/needed to throw acid on the
women in their lives?
5. Does economic security have an impact on the women in this
video? Why or why not?
6. Does this issue matter to you? Why?

4. Shreyl Wundunn:
Our Century’s Greatest Injustice
http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_wudunn_our_century_s_greatest_injustice?language=en

5. #LetGirlsLearn
62 Million Girls
https://www.whitehouse.gov/letgirlslearn
Watch the YouTube video
Here
Other Great Resources to Continue Your Learning:
• Explores statistics & facts about FGM and methods being implemented to stop it.
• http://www.feminist.org/global/fgm.html
• Provides statistics and information surrounding other health issues faced by women globally today.
• http://www.womenshealth.vcu.edu/outreach/global/index.html
• Lists powerful documentaries to watch & reflect on that focus on women’s experiences and what it means to be a
woman in global cultures.
• http://www.upworthy.com/5-documentaries-about-women-that-will-truly-change-the-way-you-see-the-world