Chapter 18: Violence Against Women......................................................................................312
The story of Laura and Luis............................314
Why does a man hurt a woman?.................316
Kinds of violence..................................................317
Warning signs.........................................................318
The cycle of violence.........................................319
Harmful effects of violence.............................320
Why women stay.................................................321
What to do.............................................................322
Working for change............................................323
To the health worker.........................................325
Chapter 19: Rape and Sexual Assault........................................................................................ 326
Kinds of rape and sexual assault...................328 What to do if you have been raped...........334
How to avoid rape..............................................330 Health problems of rape..................................336
Self defense for women....................................332 Working for change............................................338
If you are sexually assaulted............................333
Chapter 20: Sex Workers.............................................................................................................. 340
Why women become sex workers............342 Violence....................................................................345
Health problems of sex workers.................344 How to protect yourself from STIs............346
STIs, including HIV infection............................344 Working for change............................................348
Pregnancy.................................................................345 Negotiating condom use..................................348
Chapter 21: Pain in the Lower Abdomen.................................................................................352
Sudden, severe pain ......................................354 Questions about pain
Kinds of pain in the abdomen...................354 in the abdomen ...........................................357
Chapter 22: Abnormal Bleeding from the Vagina....................................................................358
Problems with monthly bleeding..................360
Bleeding during pregnancy or after
childbir th..............................................................362
Bleeding after an abortion or miscarriage..363
Bleeding after sex.................................................363
Bleeding after menopause...............................363
Chapter 23: Problems of the Urine System..............................................................................364
Infections of the urine system........................366
Blood in the urine................................................369
Need to pass urine often.................................370
Leaking urine..........................................................370
When you have problems
passing urine or stool.....................................372
Chapter 24: Cancer and Growths.............................................................................................. 374
Cancer.......................................................................376 Problems of the ovaries....................................383
Problems of the cervix......................................377 Other common cancers...................................384
Problems of the womb.....................................380 When cancer cannot be cured.....................385
Problems of the breasts....................................382 Working for change............................................385
Chapter 25: Tuberculosis............................................................................................................... 386
What is TB?.............................................................388
How TB is spread.................................................388
How to know if a person has TB.................389
How to treat TB...................................................389
Preventing TB.........................................................391
Working for change............................................391
Where Women Have No Doctor  2012