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Discontinuation of rLH two days before hCG may increase the number of oocytes retrieved in IVF
(2010) Spencer, Jessica B; Browne, Aimee S; Copland, Susannah D; Session, Donna R
Background: Administration of recombinant luteinizing hormone (rLH) in controlled ovarian hyperstimulation may benefit a subpopulation of patients. However, late follicular phase administration of high doses of rLH may also reduce the size of the follicular cohort and promote monofollicular development. Methods: To determine if rLH in late follicular development had a negative impact on follicular growth and oocyte yield, IVF patients in our practice who received rFSH and rLH for the entire stimulation were retrospectively compared with those that had the rLH discontinued at least two days prior to hCG trigger. Results: The two groups had similar baseline characteristics before stimulation with respect to age, FSH level and antral follicle count. However, the group which had the rLH discontinued at least two days prior to their hCG shot, had a significantly higher number of oocytes retrieved, including a higher number of MII oocytes and number of 2PN embryos. Conclusions: When using rLH for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation, administering it from the start of stimulation and stopping it in the late follicular phase, at least two days prior to hCG trigger, may increase oocyte and embryo yield.
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Discursive and political deployments by/of the 2002 Palestinian women suicide bombers/martyrs
(Feminist Review, 2005-11-01) Hasso, FS
This paper focuses on representations by and deployments of the four Palestinian women who during the first four months of 2002 killed themselves in organized attacks against Israeli military personnel or civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Israel. The paper addresses the manner in which these militant women produced and situated themselves as gendered-political subjects, and argues that their self-representations and acts were deployed by individuals and groups in the region to reflect and articulate other gendered-political subjectivities that at times undermined or rearticulated patriarchal religio-nationalist understandings of gender and women in relation to corporeality, authenticity, and community. The data analysed include photographs, narrative representations in television and newspaper media, the messages the women left behind, and secondary sources. © 2005 Feminist Review.
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Initial Assessment of Gender Considerations in Plastics Policy
(2023-08-31) Dixon, Natalie; Skarjune, Melissa; Mason, Sara; Karasik, Rachel; Virdin, John
Globally, women are disproportionately burdened and impacted by the harmful effects of plastic across the life cycle of products. These burdens vary across cultural, socioeconomic, and political contexts, and based on how women engage with plastic, but broadly include health and safety impacts, access to opportunities in the waste sector, and exposures to harmful plastic-associated chemicals. This initial assessment considers how women, people who are assigned female at birth and have been socialized as females, and/or female-identified people are considered in plastics policy scope and implementation. Researchers identified 25 documents at the intersection of plastics policy and gender, indicating gender is rarely considered when crafting plastics policy. However, evidence of gender-differentiated impacts of plastics policy is emerging. Plastics bans, waste management policies, and economic development funds often ignore or do not consider women’s roles as heads of households or informal waste sector workers, both of which expose women to excesses of plastics and their negative effects. Despite this, some policies that do consider gender were identified. Most are primarily focused on incorporating women in the waste management sector and alleviating the burden of low-income women from complying with plastic bag fees. None address the risks associated with chemical exposure across the plastics life cycle. These policies, alongside expert interviews, suggest that the path toward tangible consideration of gender-differentiated impacts associated with plastic and plastics policies requires, at a minimum, ensuring the inclusion of women in policymaking, waste management industries, and research and development. The reviewed literature emphasizes that only when power structures are reexamined and corrected for will there be meaningful changes to the ways humanity designs plastics, manages waste, and informs the public about the products they consume.
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“It’s Only Vanity if It’s Not Good”: Daisy Aldan and Women Midcentury Small Press Publishers
(Post45, 2024-07-17) Anderson, Stephanie
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Prison of the Womb: Gender, Incarceration, and Capitalism on the Gold Coast of West Africa, c. 1500–1957
(Comparative Studies in Society and History, 2023) Balakrishnan, S
Abstract To date, studies of imprisonment and incarceration have focused on the growth of male-gendered penal institutions. This essay offers a provocative addition to the global study of the prison by tracing the emergence of a carceral system in West Africa in the nineteenth century that was organized around the female body. By examining archival testimonies of female prisoners held in what were called “native prisons” in colonial Gold Coast (southern Ghana), this essay shows how birthing, impregnation, and menstruation shaped West Africa penal practices, including the selection of the captives, the duration of their time in prison, and how the prison factored into the legal infrastructure around tort settlements for debts and crimes. The term “prison of the womb” is used here to describe how the West African prison held bloodlines captive, threatening the impregnation of a female kin member as a ticking clock for tort settlement. Furthermore, it will be shown that this institution was imperative to the spread of mercantile capitalism in nineteenth-century Gold Coast.
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Sociodemographic and Psychological Profiles of Pregnant Women Who Consume Alcohol in Moshi, Tanzania: A Latent Class Analysis
(2024) West, Kirstin
Background: Despite CDC advisories, many pregnant women in Northern Tanzania consume alcohol. The WHO SAFER initiative calls for tailored interventions to target alcohol use during pregnancy in Moshi, Tanzania. Addressing this issue involves understanding the complex alcohol use patterns among pregnant women. Yet, data on pregnant female subgroups and their associated drinking habits in Moshi are lacking, Methods: This cross-sectional study uses secondary data from pregnant women enrolled from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre's (KCMC’s) Reproductive Health Center (RHC) and Emergency Department (ED). Structured survey questionnaires assess sociodemographic and psychological traits, and alcohol consumption patterns. Basic summary statistics were used to compare pregnant women who consumed alcohol with those who did not. Latent class analysis (LCA) identified distinct subgroups among enrolled pregnant women based on sociodemographic and psychological attributes. Associations between latent classes and alcohol use patterns were evaluated using logistic odds regression (LOR). Results: No significant associations were found between latent groups of pregnant women and alcohol use patterns such as drinking quantity, frequency, or AUD status. Differences in individual sociodemographic and psychological traits between pregnant women who consume alcohol and those who do not were non-significant, except for age. Conclusions: Understanding variations in alcohol use among unique subgroups of pregnant women is essential for the development of targeted interventions to alleviate the burden of alcohol use during pregnancy. LCA identified unique subgroups, yet the study's limited sample size warrants caution. Future efforts should consider the interplay of cultural norms, societal stigma, and personal attitudes toward prenatal alcohol consumption, going beyond traditional sociodemographic factors. Addressing drinking habits among young women is also crucial, as these behaviors may persist into pregnancy.