As of April 2023, “Our Bodies, Ourselves” has been adapted into 35 languages, most often in book form.
Online chapters (and, in some cases, full publications) are available in the following languages:
English Translation: We and Our Bodies in the New Century
Language: Albanian
Available online: 12 chapters in PDF format
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Language: Arabic, for Palestinian women living in Israel
English Translation: Women and Their Bodies
Available online: 11 chapters in PDF format
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English Translation: We and Our Body
Language: Armenian
Available online: entire book in PDF format
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English Translation: My Body, My Self
Language: Bangla
Available online: The full book is available as a PDF file. You can also read each of the 18 chapters individually.
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Translation: Our Body Is Ours
Language: Farsi
Available online: The first chapter to be adapted, Body Image, is available online.
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English Translation: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Language: French
Available online: 3 excerpts, in PDF format
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English Translation: Our Body, Our Health: Sub-Saharan Women’s Health and Sexuality
Language: French, for French-speaking Africa
Available online: 13 chapters in PDF format, plus preface in English
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English Translation: Body Consent: Positive Sexuality Guide
Language: French (for Canada)
Available online: the first 20 pages of the book
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English Translation: My Body, My Choice
Language: French and Arabic, for Morocco
Available online: Coming by June 2023
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English Translation: Women and Their Bodies
Language: Hebrew
Available online: 3 chapters in PDF format, plus the full Hebrew adaptation is available online at the Women and Their Bodies website
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English Translation: Reproductive Health (Booklet 1) and Relationships and Sexual Transmitted Diseases (Booklet 2)
Language: Kiswahili
Available online: 11 chapters from the two booklets in PDF format
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English Translation: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Language: Luganda
Available online: the entire booklet in PDF format
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English Translation: Our Body, Ourselves
Language: Nepali
Available online: 10 chapters in PDF format, and the preface in English
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English Translation: Our Bodies, Our Lives
Language: Polish
Available online: 13 chapters in PDF format and the preface in English
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English Translation: Our Bodies for Ourselves
Language: Portuguese
Available online: The entire book is available online.
English Translation: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Language: Serbian
Available online: the entire book
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Language: Vietnamese
Publication: Three-volume series:
Volume 1: Cơ thể & Đời sống Tình dục của Phụ nữ (2015)
English Translation: Women’s Body and Sexuality
Volume 2: Mang thai, Sinh đẻ và Sức Khoẻ Sinh sản (2015)
English Translation: Pregnancy, Childbirth and Reproductive Health
Volume 3: Những yếu tố tác động đến Sức khoẻ và Cuộc sống của Phụ nữ (2015)
English Translation: Factors Affecting Women’s Health and Life
Available online: all three booklets are available in PDF format
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Language: English
The OBOS global partners who translate and adapt Our Bodies, Ourselves into different languages often encounter enormous obstacles and unique experiences. You can read their stories in the individual prefaces to their books, which have been translated into English, or in “Our Bodies, Ourselves Transformed Worldwide,” a booklet with many of the prefaces.
Language: Portuguese
The booklet of prefaces has also been translated into Brazilian Portuguese: “Our Bodies, Ourselves Transformado Mundialmente: Uma Coleção de Prefácios com traduçoes culturalmente adaptadas de Our Bodies, Ourselves.”
