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title: "Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2011"
date: 2023-07-24T16:33:00-04:00
author: Eva Parker Passalacqua
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[From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Our Bodies Ourselves - Women's Health Heroes 2011

[## 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

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[## 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

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[## 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

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[## 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

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[## 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

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[## 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

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[## 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

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[## Meet the Newest Members of the Women's Health Heroes Hall of Fame](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/meet-the-newest-members-of-the-womens-health-heroes-hall-of-fame)Read

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