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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Turns 40, Remains Relevant

Womensenews.org • October 1, 2011

![Founders-now-and-then](data:image/png;base64,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)Photo of some of the founders of Our Bodies Ourselves in 2018. Back row, from l to r: Jane Pincus, Vilunya Diskin, Joan Ditzion. Front row: Norma Swenson and Judy Norsigian 

> New voices include women’s organizations around the world that have created their own resources adapted from "Our Bodies, Ourselves." Throughout the book, you will meet members of the Our Bodies Ourselves Global Network and read about their work on issues such as abortion, infertility, HIV education and prevention and social activism. From distributing posters via canoes in rural Nigeria to setting up interactive websites in Israel and Turkey and reshaping health policy in Nepal and Armenia, their efforts exemplify movement building and the power of voices raised in action.

  
**Read the full story:** ['Our Bodies, Ourselves' Turns 40, Remains Relevant](http://womensenews.org/story/health/111001/our-bodies-ourselves-turns-40-remains-relevant#.U5ycUlFdWug) by Our Bodies Ourselves, WeNews guest author

[Read the full article ](http://womensenews.org/story/health/111001/our-bodies-ourselves-turns-40-remains-relevant#.U5ycUlFdWug)

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