Women Archives

Gender portrayal: Masculinity for war, and Feminism for care

By rjoshimgims March 8, 2026Health concepts, History of Medicine2 Comments

Postage stamps mirror societal perceptions. Human societies have long associated masculinity with power, dominance, and conquest, while feminism emphasizes empathy, equality, and care. Thus, scars and destruction from wars are…

Gender based violence exists, but is quite often ignored

By rjoshimgims January 26, 2026Health system, Misc1 Comment

Gender based violence (GBV) is a broader term, which actually implies "violence against women." Its definition (as per UN declaration, 1993) is broad, and it refers to "...any violence that…

Girl Child and movement for its rights in India

By rjoshimgims January 23, 2026Health concepts, Misc

India, like many other countries in the world is a patriarchal society. This traditional system prefers a male child, who is believed to carry forward the family name. This deeply…

Babywearing: A new name for an old tradition

By rjoshimgims July 17, 2024Health concepts, Misc2 Comments

Index Home Words have a history, and so has "babywearing". As per Webster's dictionary, we used this word for the first time in the year 1989. It is the practice of…

Only a handful of women medics, who found their way into postal stamps

By rjoshimgims June 3, 2024Health Professionals15 Comments

Index Home Today many countries enrol more women than men in their medical schools. India reached this landmark in 2011. Among OECD countries, these proportions are highest in the Baltics (Latvia,…

Celebrating motherhood in postal stamps

By rjoshimgims March 13, 2023Health care delivery, Health concepts8 Comments

Home Index A child is born Childbirth is a beginning, of an independent human life. This event is universal to all creatures. It has its beginnings in conception, a union…