Women's health has significantly evolved in the past two decades. It has been merely seen as the health of the reproductive system. However, nowadays this shallow view is being replaced by a broader definition of women’s health. Women’s health is about recognising the diversity of women’s health issues at different stages of their lives. The fundamental principles are: encouraging women to take control of their bodies (based on a full range of information and access to appropriate health care), education (starting as early as possible), informed and shared decision making between women and their health care providers (with women deciding for themselves what happens to their bodies), and a social model of health (that recognises the context of women’s lives, e.g. the influence of social factors such as housing and employment on health and well-being).

According to the WHO the top ten health issues facing women are cancer, reproductive health, mental health, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, violence against women, maternal health, non-communicable diseases, being young and getting older.

The workshop will explore the following in the context of biodynamic touch and clinical approaches:

Gender and the Politics of Women’s Health: Reform and Revolution
Women’s Reproductive Health and Health Care
Body Image, Diet and Eating Disorders
Menstruation and Menopause
Sexual Health and Controlling Fertility
Abortion
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Health and Violence Against Women
Women and Cancer
Women, Health Care, and Aging
Gender, Health, and the Environment Back

Womens health and body intelligence