How to Work for Change
It’s not always enough to learn about our sexuality, health, and rights. Sometimes we need to take action and make change. There are many ways to get involved in activism and advocate for the rights, dignity, equality, and freedom of women and gender-expansive people.
If you are interested in volunteering with Our Bodies Ourselves, please fill out our volunteer interest form.
For those who want to get involved with more specific issues or topics, we list non-profit organizations that focus on advocacy related to our individual subject areas. Learn how to volunteer, lobby, provide crisis counseling, educate others, plan events, offer material support, and more. In addition to helping change the world, activism is good for our health!
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Abortion: Get Involved
Want to help make abortion accessible and legal for all? Find organizations and groups that are working for abortion access, abortion rights, and reproductive justice.
"Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Decision" by American Life League/Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0
Contraception: Get Involved
Find organizations and groups working to make sure that birth control information and contraceptive methods are legal, safe, and accessible.
Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash
Gender-Based Violence: Get Involved
Find groups and organizations who are working to support survivors and end gender-based violence.
Photo: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Major Clanger
Growing Older: Get Involved
Find groups and organizations that are fighting back against ageism and working to support dignity and equality for old and aging people.
"Heart Walk" by A Healthier Michigan/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0
Heart Health: Get Involved
Find groups and organizations that are spreading awareness of how women's heart health differs from that of men and advocating for improvements in the diagnosis and treatment women's heart health.
"Stop the Stigma presentation - 24 October 2023" by Houses of the Oireachtas/Flickr CC BY 2.0
Menopause and Perimenopause: Get Involved
Find activist organizations and groups working to create supportive networks and policies, and to destigmatize menopause and perimenopause.
"Mental Health awareness rally on October 10 2014" by Chinchu.c/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0
Mental Health: Get Involved
Find groups and organizations that support and advocate for the mental health and wellbeing of all people, especially those in marginalized communities.
"Red Box Project" by Mryusufkar/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0,
The Menstrual Cycle: Get Involved
Find organizations and groups who are working to challenge menstrual taboos and fighting for safe and accessible menstrual products and medical care.
"Alma Adams speaking about the Black Maternal Health Momnibus" by Office of Alma S. Adams/Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pregnancy and Birth: Get Involved
Find groups and organizations fighting for the safety, dignity, and freedom of those who give birth.
"Minnesota AIDS Project / HIV Stigma Stops Here / Twin Cities Pride Parade" by Tony Webster/Flickr/Wikimedia CC BY 2.0
Sexual Anatomies and Sexual Health: Get Involved
Find opportunities to get involved in groups and organizations that advocate for sexual health and body positivity, including work to destigmatize STIs.
"LGBT Solidarity Rally" by mathiaswasik/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0