--- title: Our Bodies Ourselves - OBOS 40th Anniversary date: 2023-07-24T16:33:00-04:00 author: Eva Parker Passalacqua canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/our-bodies-ourselves-obos-40th-anniversary" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Our Bodies Ourselves - OBOS 40th Anniversary [## Pittsburgh, PA Folks - check out the Women and Girls Health Weekend](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/pittsburgh-pa-folks-check-out-the-women-and-girls-health-weekend)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/pittsburgh-pa-folks-check-out-the-women-and-girls-health-weekend) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/pittsburgh-pa-folks-check-out-the-women-and-girls-health-weekend) [## OBOS 40th Featured in The Women's Health Activist](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-40th-featured-in-the-womens-health-activist)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-40th-featured-in-the-womens-health-activist) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-40th-featured-in-the-womens-health-activist) [## OBOS Global Symposium Spotlights Challenges to Securing Health, Human Rights](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-global-symposium-spotlights-challenges-to-securing-health-human-rights) [## Don't Miss: Videos and Stories from OBOS's 40th Anniversary Global Women's Health Symposium](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dont-miss-videos-and-stories-from-the-global-womens-health-symposium)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dont-miss-videos-and-stories-from-the-global-womens-health-symposium) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dont-miss-videos-and-stories-from-the-global-womens-health-symposium) [## Want to Protect Life? Protect Funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/want-to-protect-life-protect-funding-for-the-united-nations-population-fund-unfpa)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/want-to-protect-life-protect-funding-for-the-united-nations-population-fund-unfpa) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/want-to-protect-life-protect-funding-for-the-united-nations-population-fund-unfpa) [## Watch Online Today: Our Bodies Ourselves 40th Anniversary Symposium](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/watch-online-today-our-bodies-ourselves-40th-anniversary-symposium)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/watch-online-today-our-bodies-ourselves-40th-anniversary-symposium) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/watch-online-today-our-bodies-ourselves-40th-anniversary-symposium) [## The flood of relief I felt at that moment, and the power that came from the sense of not being alone, really did change my life ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-power-that-came-from-the-sense-of-not-being-alone-really-did-change-my-life)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-power-that-came-from-the-sense-of-not-being-alone-really-did-change-my-life) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-power-that-came-from-the-sense-of-not-being-alone-really-did-change-my-life) [## OBOS was my midwife -- always informative, always encouraging me to hear and express my own voice ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-was-my-midwife-always-informative-always-encouraging-me-to-hear-and-express-my-own-voice)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-was-my-midwife-always-informative-always-encouraging-me-to-hear-and-express-my-own-voice) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/obos-was-my-midwife-always-informative-always-encouraging-me-to-hear-and-express-my-own-voice) [## Midwives are the guardians of normal and natural birth ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/midwives-are-the-guardians-of-normal-and-natural-birth)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/midwives-are-the-guardians-of-normal-and-natural-birth) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/midwives-are-the-guardians-of-normal-and-natural-birth) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: Mavi Kalem Expects Turkish "Our Bodies, Ourselves" to Spark Reform](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-mavi-kalem-expects-turkish-our-bodies-ourselves-to-spark-reform)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-mavi-kalem-expects-turkish-our-bodies-ourselves-to-spark-reform) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-mavi-kalem-expects-turkish-our-bodies-ourselves-to-spark-reform) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: Women's Health Initiative in Bulgaria Focuses on Health Disparities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-womens-health-initiative-in-bulgaria-focuses-on-health-disparities)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-womens-health-initiative-in-bulgaria-focuses-on-health-disparities) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-womens-health-initiative-in-bulgaria-focuses-on-health-disparities) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: Shokado Women's Bookstore Shows Language is Power](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-shokado-womens-bookstore-shows-language-is-power)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-shokado-womens-bookstore-shows-language-is-power) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-shokado-womens-bookstore-shows-language-is-power) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: "For Family and Health" Pan Armenian Association Provides Lifeline for Women](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-for-family-and-health-pan-armenian-association-provides-lifeline-for-women)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-for-family-and-health-pan-armenian-association-provides-lifeline-for-women) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-for-family-and-health-pan-armenian-association-provides-lifeline-for-women) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: Women and Their Bodies, an Israeli and Palestinian Collaboration](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-women-and-their-bodies-israel-palestine)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-women-and-their-bodies-israel-palestine) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-women-and-their-bodies-israel-palestine) [## 2011 Women's Health Hero: Research Group on Women and Laws in Senegal](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-research-group-on-women-and-laws-in-senegal)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-research-group-on-women-and-laws-in-senegal) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/2011-womens-health-hero-research-group-on-women-and-laws-in-senegal) [## New Blog Series: Meet OBOS's Global Partners Working to Advance Women's Health and Human Rights](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/global-partners-working-to-advance-womens-health-and-human-rights)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/global-partners-working-to-advance-womens-health-and-human-rights) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/global-partners-working-to-advance-womens-health-and-human-rights) [## Celebrate With Our Bodies, Ourselves: 40th Birthday Cabaret Show in Cambridge](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/celebrate-with-our-bodies-ourselves-40th-birthday-cabaret-show)Read 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