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HERproject has found a significant connection between healthy female workers and healthy business. Female factory workers’ health needs vary depending on geography, culture, and context, but some risks are more common than others.


Common Health Risks or Conditions of Female Workers

A young mother in Timor-Leste holds her infant and a handbook on pregnancy.

Family Planning Knowledge & Access

The health staff provides counseling services on family planning to a couple in a commune health station in Xuan Duc, My Hao, Hung Yen, Vietnam.

Feminine Hygiene

Department of Social Work students at Panjab University make a red ribbon to mark World AIDS Day in Chandigarh, India.

HIV/AIDS

A young woman talks to the doctor in a clinic about her baby's health during a routine check-up in the city of Surabaya, Indonesia. To improve maternal health and make maternal health services more accessible, the Indonesian government has established health centers in most sub-districts throughout the country.

Pre- & Post Natal Care

Preventative Care & Communicable Diseases

Women and their children sit outside a nutrition rehabilitation center in Guna District, Madhya Pradesh, India. They are outside so the children can play and get some sunlight.

Women Workers & Anemia


Female Workers’ Health Needs Assessment by Country

India
Vietnam
China
Egypt
Pakistan
Bangladesh

Photos: Arturo Sanabria, Nguyen Quoc Phong, Anil Gulati, Gaurav Gaur, Donald Bason, and Project Concern International—all courtesy of Photoshare