In Pakistan, women’s reproductive health is shrouded in stigma and taboo. A gynecologist with more than 18 years of experience, Dr. . .
Gynecological feminism is the ideology that gynecological health is a fundamental human right. The aim of this series is not only to raise awareness about reproductive health, but also to instill the vocabulary that women in our country lack in describing their physical illnesses and pains.
Talking about the beginning of her journey as a women’s feminist, Dr. Kazmi told an incident. She used to blog on a variety of topics, until one day a family member said she was experiencing “painful periods.” “Why shouldn’t I write down my period days?” she wondered and wrote her next blog on menstrual irregularities.
“The first blog on it got a lot of backlash… I have a problem, I’m more encouraged if someone tries to force me to stop,” he added. Despite the backlash, often in the form of character assassination and slander, she continued to write on reproductive health.
Menstrual periods are not just a topic for their blog. Dr. According to Kazmi, the most common problem faced by women is menstruation. “In any gynecologist clinic, 80 percent of problems are related to menstrual periods,” he explained. This is because girls continue to menstruate for most of their lives, from a very young age until they reach menopause.
A young girl from Punjab came to my house and used the leaves. [in place of sanitary napkins]He explained it based on his own experiences and the events he witnessed.
Akhtar asked the gynecologist for advice about cancers of the cervix, breast and uterus, which the majority of the population is afraid to talk about. “There are three things that women must religiously adopt in their lives if they want to survive – get regular pap smears, mammograms, and transvaginal scans,” she stressed.
Knowing one’s own body is paramount. “Every time you have irregular periods, your body is telling you there is something wrong inside,” the doctor said. He emphasized that especially educated women should learn about their condition and symptoms before going to the doctor. “They should cross-examine the doctor… they should have the basics,” he stressed.
When asked about the bias and s*xism inherent in family planning policies, where the burden of birth control is mostly women, she replied that in her 18-year career, “she had never seen a man fall into this situation”. a vasectomy.
According to her, men have misconceptions about vasectomy that their s*xual activity will be affected or that they will become impotent as a result of the medical procedure. However, neither of these are true. “Policymakers are men,” he said, and concluded that it was a “global problem.”