Transformative Advocacy: From Experience to Influence Archives

The Making of a Public Narrative with Fay Peace, Womb Cancer Survivor

Meet Fay Peace, a survivor of stage 3 womb cancer from the UK who successfully petitioned the distributors of a well-known brand of feminine hygiene products to include information about the signs and symptoms of gynecologic cancers directly on their packaging. ..

Defying the stigmas of cervical cancer in Kenya: How Millicent Kagonga became a Symbol of Hope.

Read Video TranscriptThe number one enemy is stigma. Why? Because I almost killed myself and also I’ve seen people killing themselves because of the stigma. The stigma started with me, myself when I’m going through the treatment and mostly with the community.My name is Milicent Kagonga, I live in Kenya in Nairobi City. I was 25 years old when I found out I had stage four cervical cancer. Before I was diagnosed, I suffered for five years with abnormal vaginal bleeding and discharge. I didn’..

Sacrifices and celebrations in caregiving and clinical trials: Frank Gambino discusses how his life changed after his wife Joyce’s ovarian cancer diagnosis.

Read Video TranscriptFrank: After going through this for three and a half, four years, already and I always heard about clinical trials. We had the opportunity to get in one and I figured it’d be time to take advantage of it because we were basically at a standstill.Frank: I’m Frank Gambino, Joyce’s husband, this is my wife Joyce Gambino and we’ve been together for 57 years and we’re ready to take on anything. My wife has low-grade ovarian cancer which is different than a lot of other ..

How a mother’s battle with uterine cancer changed everything: Bar Levy discusses the founding of Habit Shel Bar – Israel’s Women’s Cancer Association.

Read Video TranscriptI was amazed with the results and we discovered that my mother and I were not the only ones who did not know. And out there, there are so many women who still do not know.My name is Bar Levy, I’m from Tel Aviv Israel. I’m the daughter of Sarit Rosenberg Levy, who passed away so young from uterine cancer. But I’m here to tell you my story, and it starts while I was sitting on the hospital’s floor next to my mother’s bed. It was 3:00 a.m. and she was finally asleep. ..