Our Bodies, Ourselves Turkish Translation and Adaptation Project
 

Our Bodies Ourselves [Bedenim ve Ben] is a medical self manual on women's health written from the standpoint of women.

"It has been written by Boston Women Health Book Collective and translated and adapted into 21 world language.

Bedenim ve Ben is the book that is going to be adapted from Our Bodies, Ourselves. This work aims to discuss the social structures and political regulations along with traditional practices and religious/ideological approaches that have considerable effects on women's body and health in Turkey. The main theme in each section of our book will be the provision of basic knowledge and practices concerning our bodies and ourselves. The issues on women's health are explored under the following titles;

  • Section 1: Taking Care of Ourselves
    1. Body Image,
    2. Eating Well,
    3. Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Mood-Altering Drugs
    4. Our Bodies in Motion,
    5. Complementary Health Practices,
    6. Emotional Well-Being,
    7. Environmental and Occupational Health ,
    8. Violence and Abuse
  • Section 2: Relationships and Sexuality
    1. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation,
    2. Relationships with Men,
    3. Relationships with Women,
    4. Sexuality
  • Section 3: Sexual Health
    1. Sexual Anatomy,
    2. Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle,
    3. Safer Sex,
    4. Sexually Transmitted Infections,
    5. HIV and AIDS
  • Section 4: Reproductive Choices
    1. Considering Parenting,
    2. Birth Control,
    3. Unexpected Pregnancy,
    4. Abortion
  • Section 5: Child Bearing
    1. Pregnancy,
    2. Childbirth,
    3. The First Year of Parenting,
    4. Child-Bearing Loss,
    5. Infertility and Assisted Reproduction
  • Section 6: Growing Older
    1. Midlife and Menopause,
    2. Our Later Years
  • Section 7: Medical Problems and Procedures
    1. Unique to Women,
    2. Special Concerns for Women
  • Section 8: Knowledge is Power
    1. Navigating the Health Care System,
    2. The Politics of Women's Health,
    3. Organizing for Change

The project is held with the consultancy of 14 women's organizations. The advisory board:
  • Ankara Association for Union and Solidarity of Women,,
  • Bartin Association for Solidarity of Women,
  • Çapa Center for Education and Research on Women's and Children's health,
  • Diyarbakir Center for Women Foundation,
  • Diyarbakir Women's Problems Research and Enforcement Center,
  • Gazi University-Hospital of Faculty of Medicine, Study Group on Preventing Violence against Women,
  • Foundation for Human Health and Education,
  • Women Entrepreneurs Association,
  • Women's Human Rights - Association for New Solutions ,
  • Kırk Oruk Women's Cooperative,
  • Mavi Kalem Association for Social Assistance and Solidarity,
  • Sabancı University- Our Bodies, Our Sexualities Project,
  • Turkish Women's Union, Besiktas Office,
  • Van Women's Foundation.

My body is mine. In other words:
  • I am the one who make my own decisions.
  • I am entitled to climb a tree, ride bicycle and do whatever sport I want.
  • I am the one who decide on what I wear.
  • I have right to access to medical information and health service.
  • I am the one who decide on my weight.
  • I am the only one to have a say on my sexuality and fertility.
  • I have right to live my own sexual identity.
  • I am entitled to enjoy the public sphere.

HOW TO JOIN?

You can support our project as a TEST READER. You can help us to evaluate the book in terms of language and fluency, by reading the sections that the adaptation has been completed.

You can contribute to the adaptation process as an EXPERT READER to evaluate translated parts in terms of contextual relevance and accuracy. Thereby, you can help to determine what to deduct, to add and to focus on within the Turkish adaptation.

You can support the promotion of the book via email, brochures or badges.

How do we, women in this country, experience our physical and moral well-being? What are we living through, what are our fears and where do we rely on for solutions? At this point, you can take part in the adaptation process, by sharing your own experiences with other women. If you would like to be a TEST READER or an EXPERT READER, to share your LIVED EXPERİENCES, do not hesitate to send an email to gamzekaradag@bedenimveben.org


HOW TO SUPPORT?

Bank Account:Garanti Bankası Balat Şubesi; 6299695

www.bedenimveben.org

gamzekaradag@bedenimveben.org

Tel           : 0212 534 41 33

Faks         : 0212 534 41 90

Adres       :Tahtaminare mah. Yıldırım Cad. No:24 Fener/Fatih - İstanbul
Mavi Kalem Association 2006
www.mavikalem.org
Contact: mavikalem@mavikalem.org Phone: 0212 534 41 33 Faks: 0212 534 41 90