Features, analysis and in-depth reporting on women and girls’ issues – including health, education and conflict – as well as the people and groups working toward solutions. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/series/the-shifting-burden/rss en Health Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:04:35 +0000 Victoria Wolodzko https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/09/07/to-beat-breast-cancer-it-takes-cooperation-and-courage https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/09/07/to-beat-breast-cancer-it-takes-cooperation-and-courage Plans and policies can help make cancer care available to everyone who needs it. But they will only work if organizations, experts and cancer survivors band together, writes Victoria Wolodzko of Susan G. Komen, in the final part of our series “The Shifting Burden.” Crisis and Conflict Health Thu, 01 Sep 2016 08:52:45 +0000 Hannah McNeish https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/01/the-crippling-cost-of-breast-cancer-in-kenya https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/09/01/the-crippling-cost-of-breast-cancer-in-kenya In Kenya, both the privileged and the poor struggle to pay for breast cancer treatment. As part of our series “The Shifting Burden,” we look at the slow progress toward accessible care in a country where a mammogram costs more than an average month’s salary. Health Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:40:37 +0000 Ruth Carr https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/08/31/for-bangkoks-poor-a-chance-to-fight-breast-cancer-with-dignity https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/08/31/for-bangkoks-poor-a-chance-to-fight-breast-cancer-with-dignity In Thailand, the cost of breast cancer care means many women never get the help they need. In the latest part of our series “The Shifting Burden,” we look at how one cancer center in Bangkok aims to give poorer women the same chances of survival as the privileged. Education Health Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:43:12 +0000 Eleanor Wragg https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/08/29/breast-cancer-a-looming-epidemic-in-the-developing-world https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2016/08/29/breast-cancer-a-looming-epidemic-in-the-developing-world Almost 70 percent of all breast cancer deaths now occur in low-income countries. In the first part of our series “The Shifting Burden,” we look at how community is key to tackling the disease in countries that are ill-prepared and underfunded.