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WILL Weekly 18: National Women’s Health Month

WILL E-Board Student Contributor, The College of New Jersey
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at TCNJ chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

This week, one of our Membership Chairs, Shayna Jaroslaw, has researched National Women’s Health Month!

Introduction: 

National Women’s Health Month occurs every year during the month of May in the United States. According to the CDC, it officially begins on Mother’s Day (May 10th this year) and runs until the end of the month. Each year serves to highlight different areas of women’s health that are often overlooked. For example, last year, the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), a subdepartment of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), declared the three areas of focus to be menopause, mental health, and cancer. Moreover, many health focused women’s organizations take the time to release a policy agenda like the one below from the National Women’s Health Network: 

2024 Policy Agenda 

  • Expanding access to safe and legal abortion services
  • Ensuring affordable contraception access
  • Improving sexual education programs and STI screening
  • Advancing research initiatives dedicated to conditions that disproportionately affect women
  • Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes
  • Improving the quality of prenatal and postpartum care
  • Expanding healthcare coverage for aging women
  • Controlling skyrocketing drug prices
  • Addressing specific healthcare needs related to menopause and post-menopausal health

Why it Matters:

Although before leaving office in 2025 former President Biden allocated 200 million dollars to funding women’s health research, that is only a very, very small fraction of 36.58 billion dollars given to health organizations for research purposes in the same year. Women’s health is human health, meaning it should not take a special allocation to be something that is worthy of being looked into.

Ways to Stay Active and Take Care of Your Health on Campus:

  • Attend a group fitness class with your friends
  • Walk/run the campus fitness trail
  • Pick up an information pamphlet and/or free condoms at Student Health Services
  • Take a dip in the pool during rec swim hours (11AM-1PM Mon-Fri & 4PM-6PM Mon-Thurs)
  • Book a therapy session through Uwill for free
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Current WILL E-Board:
Executive Chair: Maria Hourihan
Vice Executive Chairs: Esme Regalado & Bayane Chahine
Social Media Chair: Lyna Chahine
Programming Chair: Amanda Ercolino
Community Service Chair: Campbell Maenner
Finance Chair: Teresa Loh
Membership Co-Chairs: Caroline Pollinger and Shayna Jaroslaw

The WILL Program strives to foster a deeper understanding of gender and its intersections with race, culture, class, sexuality and other aspects of social identity. By connecting students with each other, and to a strong supportive network of faculty, staff, alumnae and community mentors, WILL students develop critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving and leadership skills.