Welcome to Gynopedia

GYNOPEDIA

Gynopedia is an open resource for sexual, reproductive and women's healthcare across the globe. Our mission is to provide information that is practical and non-judgmental so that users can make informed decisions. It’s a wiki, so everyone is invited to contribute, and please, please do. The basic idea is that you search for a city -- for example, New York City -- and Gynopedia provides information based on that location. So, let’s say you want to buy tampons in Seoul, or find an LGBT-friendly gynecologist in Istanbul, or you need the morning after pill in Lima. Well, Gynopedia is the resource for you.

We organize information based on location. So, for example, check out the New York City page. You'll then find information related to contraception, the morning after pill, STD tests, gynecological exams, and much more. You can contribute to the page if you have additional information. You can also edit the page if the information is inaccurate or out-of-date. We encourage active participation from our users; we want this to be a community.

Why did I create Gynopedia? Honestly, because I couldn’t find anything like it. When I began preparing for my travels, I realized that I had no idea how I would get birth control in the twelve or so Asian countries we planned to visit. And that was just the tip of the iceberg. How about annual pap smears? What if I got pregnant? Then I remembered that, when I lived in Turkey, I was never able to get a proper STD test, which was endlessly frustrating. Later, when I lived in New York, I found myself uninsured and in need of a gynecologist. Time and again, I’ve needed advice from local people and lacked a comprehensive online resource. This made me enraged yet wildly inspired. And so Gynopedia was born.

Now, this is a resource for everyone. Thank you for supporting our project!