Join Women in Global Health Australia as we hear from the first hand experiences of healthcare workers, including representatives from medicine, nursing , allied health, and aged care. We will facilitate a discussion on the system changes required, particularly around care, parental leave and flexibility and highlight current approaches to drive evidence-based change. 

Who’s Holding Your Ladder? Supporting women in healthcare, research, and leadership, 7 May 2022, was presented by Monash Partners, Melbourne Academic Centre for Heath (MACH), Western Alliance, and AHRA Women’s Health Research Translation & Impact Network.

Women in Global Health are sending their first delegation to the World Health Assembly #WHA75 since achieving Official Relations status with the World Health Organization earlier this year.

The pandemic has exacerbated existing health inequities. It’s time to balance the scales to ensure temporary setbacks do not become permanent trends. Universal health coverage is about meeting everyone’s needs, no matter who or where they are.

Priority funding urgently needs to be considered for EMCRs to support the establishment of their careers, and the retention of senior level women scientists to close the gap and maintain a diverse generation of leaders and mentors for future researchers.

Women in Global Health Heroines of Health honours female health care workers and those on the frontlines of COVID-19.

Today is the Inaugural Day of Recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioner Workforce.

A conversation to launch Women in Global Health Australia with Professor Fiona Stanley, Founding Director and Patron of the Telethon Kids Institute, and Dr Roopa Dhatt, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Women in Global Health.

In response to the challenges faced by women health workers on the front lines of COVID-19, Women in Global Health has launched a survey to assess the availability and fit of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for women and document gender specific challenges around use.

Generation Equality Forum 2021 saw the announcement of close to $40 billion of investments in gender equality and a five-year action plan to accelerate gender equality by 2026.

To challenge traditional academic mentoring, Dr Terese Wozniak developed the Catalyse Mentorship Program in regional and rural Australia, which follows a dual-mentorship model.

To address violence and sexual harassment of women at work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has introduced Convention No. 190 (ILO Convention 190). Will Australia ratify it?

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a report on sexual harassment across ASX200 companies. 8.4% of companies in the ASX200 are in the health sector.

Join us on 9 July 2021 for the anticipated launch of Women in Global Health Australia, an affiliated network of Women in Global Health (WGH).

WHO and Women in Global Health launch policy paper as COVID-19 pandemic threatens to widen the leadership gap for women