Introduction In various parts of the world female patients suffer from disfiguring and socially excluding sequalae of trauma that often occurs out of ethnical or social traditions or typical environmental conditions that women in several countries are subjected to. Women for Women... Is a charity programme that aims to supply help by female surgeons for these female patients in mostly third world countries. It is currently being developed by the Secretary General of IPRAS, the International Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, Marita Eisenmann-Klein, MD and the Chairperson of Quality Assurance of IPRAF, the International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Foundation, Constance Neuhann-Lorenz, MD.

Background
Often these patients may not present themselves to medical institutions for treatment with
respect to local tradition and social structures. Also these treatments or therapies often demand
lengthy and expensive procedures that cannot easily be provided everywhere. The intent of
the Women for Women programme is for patients to be treated in their countries by international
women surgeons in local hospitals and medical units in cooperation with local surgeons and
medical staff in close interaction with the national plastic surgical societies.

The projected programme intends to encourage those female patients to undergo treatment
with a woman surgeon.

The programme also intends to link with existing help projects if present, for such patients to
boost the effects of those other organizations and vice versa.

By no means is the intent of the programme to follow feministic ideology. It exclusively
serves to express solidarity from women being able to provide medical help to women
patients who, because of their social environment, have less chances for therapy than male
patients.

How to Help
Donate your time by joining medical teams.
Donate money by financing travel expenses, instruments and medicaments.
Offer other support by . . .
• oversight
• help spread the word
• organizational support

For information on how to make donations:
Download the complete
Women for Women Brochure

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General Secretary IPRAS:
Marita Eisenmann-Klein M.D. Regensburg, Germany

President Women for Women Committee:
Constance Neuhann-Lorenz; M.D. Munich Germany

Vice Presidents:
• Mathangi Ramakrishnana M.D. Chennai India
• Haideh Hirmand,M.D. New York, New York
• Regina Goerse M.D. Regensburg Germany
• Olfat Farid, Ph.D. U.N. Officer, Kuwait, Geneva, N.Y.

Executive Committee IPRAS - Women For Women
IPRAS - 45 Lyme Road, Suite 304
Hanover NH 03755
Tel: 603-643-2325 • Fax: 603-643-1444 • Email: ipras@conmx.net