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Sick of It
On sale
4th July 2024
Price: £22
A powerful call to confront the reasons why politics is jeopardising women’s health across the world, by a prize-winning academic
‘Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action – and the author tells us how’ Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain
‘Illuminating, accessible and important’ Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, author of Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing
We know the causes of death and disease among women all over the world. We have the funding and commitment from governments and philanthropists to tackle it. So why are women still dying when they don’t have to?
In this essential, accessible book, Professor Sophie Harman argues that women’s health is being caught in the crossfires of global politics – and gives us a roadmap for how we might stop it.
There are multiple case studies on how women’s health is being used and abused by politics and politicians across the globe: the repeal of abortion rights, Serena Williams’ near-death experience, the bombing of Ukrainian maternity hospitals, and lesser-known issues like health-washing by countries like Rwanda and the exploitation of women by the very health organisations that are supposed to help them.
Through these stories, Sick of It explores urgent, topical questions around populist politics, big data and how women’s work is valued, and offers smart solutions on how to fix this crisis through activism and political work.
‘Sophie Harman has gathered both the disturbing and heartbreaking facts and the vital possibilities open to all of us for action and engagement’ Stella Duffy, OBE
‘Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action – and the author tells us how’ Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain
‘Illuminating, accessible and important’ Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, author of Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing
We know the causes of death and disease among women all over the world. We have the funding and commitment from governments and philanthropists to tackle it. So why are women still dying when they don’t have to?
In this essential, accessible book, Professor Sophie Harman argues that women’s health is being caught in the crossfires of global politics – and gives us a roadmap for how we might stop it.
There are multiple case studies on how women’s health is being used and abused by politics and politicians across the globe: the repeal of abortion rights, Serena Williams’ near-death experience, the bombing of Ukrainian maternity hospitals, and lesser-known issues like health-washing by countries like Rwanda and the exploitation of women by the very health organisations that are supposed to help them.
Through these stories, Sick of It explores urgent, topical questions around populist politics, big data and how women’s work is valued, and offers smart solutions on how to fix this crisis through activism and political work.
‘Sophie Harman has gathered both the disturbing and heartbreaking facts and the vital possibilities open to all of us for action and engagement’ Stella Duffy, OBE
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Reviews
Illuminating, accessible and important, Sick of It is an incisive analysis of how global health policies continue to fail women, and what we can do to address this
A truly impassioned and eye-opening perspective on the 'dark side' of global initiatives concerning women's health. Sophie Harman knows how to use the numbers to tell the stories and ask the questions. Why are women still dying when they don't have to? Radical and thought-provoking, this book should drive us all to action - and the author tells us how
For those of us who know our rights to healthcare and bodily autonomy are being undermined, who care not only about local but also about global issues, and who understand that women's health matters to all of us, Sophie Harman has gathered both the disturbing and heartbreaking facts and the vital possibilities open to all of us for action and engagement. We may be Sick of It, but this call to action can make a difference