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International Women's Day - #BalanceforBetter

BMC Women's Health and all of BMC is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2019. We invite you to read our blog post about the theme of #BalanceforBetter and to browse our journals to read about recent research in gender equality, women's health, and women's rights.

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We are now recruiting Associate Editors for our Editorial Board to join our team of academic editors in assessing manuscripts in the field of women's health.

Content type: Research article
| 8 April 2019

Why do they take the risk? A systematic review of the qualitative literature on informal sector abortions in settings where abortion is legal

Authors: Sonia Chemlal and Giuliano Russo
Content type: Research article
| 5 April 2019

Women’s empowerment and fertility preferences in high fertility countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Authors: Esso-Hanam Atake and Pitaloumani Gnakou Ali
Content type: Research article
| 3 April 2019

Validation of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Simple Screening Inventory (POPSSI) in a population of Ethiopian women

Authors: Dawit Worku Kassa, Yirgu Gebrehiwot Ferede and Polina Advolodkina
Content type: Research article
| 3 April 2019

Life situation of women impaired by Thalidomide embryopathy in North Rhine-Westphalia - a comparative analysis of a recent cross-sectional study with earlier data

Authors: Christina Samel, Christian Albus, Irmgard Nippert, Alexander Niecke, Markus Lüngen, Holger Pfaff and Klaus M. Peters
Content type: Study protocol
| 3 April 2019

Cyprus Women’s Health Research (COHERE) initiative: determining the relative burden of women’s health conditions and related co-morbidities in an Eastern Mediterranean population

Authors: M. B. Hocaoglu, S. Gurkas, T. Karaderi, B. Taneri, K. Erguler, B. Barin, E. M. Bilgin, G. Eralp, M. Allison, N. Findikli, K. Boynukalin, M. Bahceci, H. Naci, K. Vincent, S. A. Missmer, C. M. Becker…

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Content type: Research article
| 26 March 2014

Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Authors: Amha Admasie Gelaye, Kalemelekot Nigussie Taye and Tesfa Mekonen
Content type: Research article
| 8 June 2001

Penis size: Survey of female perceptions of sexual satisfaction

Authors: Russell Eisenman
Content type: Research article
| 5 July 2013

Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

Authors: M Antonia Biggs, Heather Gould and Diana Greene Foster
Content type: Research article
| 12 September 2007

Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Authors: Landon Myer, Regina Mlobeli, Di Cooper, Jennifer Smit and Chelsea Morroni
Content type: Research article
| 26 March 2012

Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

Authors: Anne Zimmermann, David Bernuit, Christoph Gerlinger, Matthias Schaefers and Katharina Geppert

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BMC Women's Health is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the health and wellbeing of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the physical, mental, and emotional health of women in developed and developing nations. The journal welcomes submissions on women's public health issues, health behaviours, breast cancer, gynecological diseases, mental health and health promotion.

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Tovah Honor Aronin, Biomed Central

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Sherif A. El-Nashar, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Jane Fisher, Monash University
Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, University College London
Marc Schwartz, Georgetown University

Alex Gentry-Maharaj, Section Editor

Alex Gentry-Maharaj, MSc, PhD is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Women’s Cancer at the Institute for Women’s Health at University College London. The main focus of Alex’s work is screening for ovarian cancer.

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Why do they take the risk? A systematic review of the qualitative literature on informal sector abortions in settings where abortion is legal

Women’s empowerment and fertility preferences in high fertility countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Validation of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Simple Screening Inventory (POPSSI) in a population of Ethiopian women

Life situation of women impaired by Thalidomide embryopathy in North Rhine-Westphalia - a comparative analysis of a recent cross-sectional study with earlier data

Cyprus Women’s Health Research (COHERE) initiative: determining the relative burden of women’s health conditions and related co-morbidities in an Eastern Mediterranean population

Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Penis size: Survey of female perceptions of sexual satisfaction

Understanding why women seek abortions in the US

Knowledge and use of emergency contraception among women in the Western Cape province of South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence, symptoms and management of uterine fibroids: an international internet-based survey of 21,746 women

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Alex Gentry-Maharaj, Section Editor

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The importance of negative results for family medicine

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