ROBIN ROBERTS: Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts, 52, made a name for herself interviewing athletes, actors, and other newsworthy personalities, but in 2007, she turned the camera on herself to announce she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer
ROBIN ROBERTS: Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts, 52, made a name for herself interviewing athletes, actors, and other newsworthy personalities, but in 2007, she turned the camera on herself to announce she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2012, she developed the rare MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome. Reuters

A new survey by The Eve Appeal, a women's cancer charity, found that half of the women between the ages of 26 and 35 were not able to locate the vagina on a picture of the female reproductive system.

Most of the women aged between 66 and 75 were able to identify their body parts correctly, Daily Mail reported.

The conclusion of the study was that less than one-fourth of young women between the ages of 16 and 25 that was admitted with confidence on being informed about gynaecological health issues in comparison to about 42 per cent of older women aged between 66 and 75.

The Eve Appeal, in order to prevent the occurrence of cancers, was campaigning for young women to come out about their embarrassment about gynaecological health. In U.K., fifty-five women daily get diagnosed with gynaecological cancer.

It was found that one out of every five young women was not able to name even one of the symptoms of any of the gynaecological cancers affecting the womb, cervix, ovaries, vagina and vulva.

Usually, the symptoms for gynaecological cancer are unusual bleeding from the vagina after sexual intercourse or menopause, vaginal discharge, lump in the vagina, vaginal itch, lump or patches on the skin of the vulva and persistent bloating among a few.

Sixty-five of the women that was admitted of having a problem using the words 'vagina' or 'vulva' while almost 40 per cent of them referred to the parts as 'lady parts' or 'women's bits' in reference to their gynaecological health.

Nearly, women between the ages of 16 and 35 said that they avoided going to the doctor as they had faced embarrassment on other occassions.

Chairman of The Eve Appeal, Helena Morrissey, said that at the charity, they knew was important to spread awareness on talking openly about signs and symptoms of gynaecological cancers to all women. She added that the survey highlighted how much they have to work in making it happen.

She explained that gynaecological cancer has a 40 per cent mortality rate and that during the Gynaecological Cancer Awareness month, the charity is pushing women to talk about their issues.