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Counterpart celebrates 20 years of peer support: women supporting women with cancer

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 23 May 2023
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23 May 2023

Women’s Health Victoria is delighted to mark the 20th anniversary of Counterpart – a highly unique peer support cancer service that connects and supports women – with a celebratory event on Thursday 25 May 2023.

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Submission on the National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 18 May 2023
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18 May 2023

Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission on the draft of Australia’s first National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality.

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New report calls on advertising industry senior leaders to embrace gender equality and lead by example

Behind the Ads |Published: 17 May 2023
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17 May 2023

Behind the Ads: Advertising Professionals’ Perspectives on Gender Equality in the Workplace has uncovered firsthand accounts of how gender inequality plays out in workplaces in the advertising industry, the devastating effects it can have on women’s careers and wellbeing – and the risks of speaking out.

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Women's Health Victoria responds to Federal Budget 2023-24

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 12 May 2023
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12 May 2023

Women's Health Victoria responds to the Federal Budget 2023-24

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WHV Submission to the Senate Inquiry Into Universal Access To Reproductive Healthcare

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 15 December 2022
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2 May 2023

This submission highlights key issues in sexual and reproductive health service access and equity as observed by Women's Health Victoria through engagement with service providers and with service seekers.

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Victorian WHSN Submission to the Senate Inquiry Into Universal Access To Reproductive Healthcare

Victorian Women's Health Services |Published: 15 December 2022
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1 May 2023

The Victorian Women’s Health Services, with support and insight from GEN VIC and Birth for Humankind, welcome the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Universal Access to Reproductive Healthcare.

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Joint statement: Time for equal access in discrimination claims

Power to prevent |Published: 1 May 2023
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17 April 2023

We are co-signatories to this statement calling on the Australian Government to adopt an Equal Access costs model for all discrimination matters. Women's Health Victoria is a member of the Power to Prevent Coalition.

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WHV Innovate RAP 2023 - 2025

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 31 March 2023
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31 March 2023

WHV's Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan has been formally endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

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Submission on the draft National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 01 February 2023
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1 February 2023

Women’s Health Victoria welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy.

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Towards a gendered understanding of women's experiences of mental health and the mental health system

Women's Health Victoria |Published: 30 January 2023
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30 January 2023

This paper frames the structural, cultural, and service issues that inhibit good mental health and wellbeing and gender responsive mental health care for women and girls.