Take action to improve your health
"The first important step is education… The second step on the road to good health is taking action… while the medical community can conduct research, and provide recommendations and guidelines on health-promoting behaviors, the ultimate responsibility for embarking on the road to a healthier and more hopeful life rests with you."
Excerpt from the American Medical Women’s Association: The Women's Complete Healthbook, written entirely by women physicians and other medical professionals.
Women's Health Task Force
A project of the National Council of Women's Organizations, The Women's Health Task force supports the work of NCWO member organizations to advance women's health and to promote NCWO's healthcare policy agenda. We also seek to provide a place where women can find accurate and easy-to-understand health information.
NCWO Featured Program
Support Paid Sick Days
Every day, millions of workers are forced to lose pay or put their jobs at risk in order to recover from illness or to care for a sick child. That’s because half of our nation’s workers are not able to take a single paid sick day when they are ill.
A startling one in six workers say they or a family member have been fired or disciplined—or told they would be—for taking time off work due to illness or to care for a sick relative, according to a 2008 national survey.
The Paid Sick Days Campaign is mobilizing millions of working people across the country to win a basic workplace guarantee of paid sick days. It’s time to bring our nation’s policies into sync with the reality of working families.
National Partnership for Women & Families
Get involved: Support Paid Sick Days
Special Thanks
The task force thanks Qiagen, Hologic and the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their generous support.