Juhie Bhatia is the managing editor of Women's eNews. She has covered health, science and women's issues for over 10 years as a reporter and editor. Previously the public health editor of Global Voices Online, she's also helped launch EverydayHealth.com, one of the leading health websites in the U.S., and worked for the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Nutrition Action Healthletter. She's written for Reuters Health, Nature Medicine, Planned Parenthood's teenwire.com, Bust magazine, HealthDay, Bulletin for the World Health Organization and MSNBC, among others. She's a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and also has a bachelor's degree from the University of Guelph, Canada, in nutritional sciences.
Liberia's high rate of maternal mortality is partly due to the long distances women must travel to reach clinics. A project closes that gap by building “maternity waiting homes” near these facilities. The first one opens its doors this week.
A new radio station in Liberia airs national broadcasts about women's interests and needs. It also grooms female journalists, a tall order in a country where 14 years of civil war have left women's literacy levels lagging far behind.
The Woman's Land Army is a group of almost-forgotten U.S. women who helped feed the country during World War I. Today their self-sufficient example is helping to nourish the locally-grown food movement.
Nicole Itano went to Africa as a young reporter and found she couldn't escape covering AIDS as it gripped the continent. Focusing on the stories of three women, she covers the complexities of the disease and the human side of those who live with it.
Marina Nemat married her guard as a political prisoner in Iran and escaped by happenstance. Years later, she turned her imprisonment into a memoir that opens a “little window” into human nature and the perseverance of one woman.
Byron Hurt was asking questions about hip-hop's portrayal of women for years before Don Imus ignited an explosive national debate on the topic. Now screenings of his documentary “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes” keep the discussion going.
Latino groups fighting domestic violence have grown from memorializing a murdered bride to actively recruiting men to their cause. Third in “Dangerous Trends, Innovative Responses” series.
Two-thirds of new mothers choose to breastfeed their babies, but rates fall when they return to work. World Breastfeeding Week begins Aug. 1 and some advocates are calling for legislation to makes workplaces more nursing-friendly.
Cervical cancer afflicts women of color and low-income women to a disproportionate degree. That's why health advocates say a vaccine pending FDA approval in June must be targeted at the populations who need it most.
Mother's Day usually brings women and children together. But as a growing number of Latin American women migrate to the U.S., many of these women will spend the holiday far from their children-some of whom have forgotten them.
