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WHV Strategic Plan 2023-2028 cover image
Women's Health Victoria |Published: 09 October 2024
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9 October 2024

This strategy sets out Women's Health Victoria's vision, purpose, role, focus, enablers, values, goals, outcomes and commitments for the five years to 2028.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 14 November 2024
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14 November 2024

This report contains a review of activities and achievements of Women's Health Victoria for the period July 2023 to June 2024.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 28 October 2024
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28 October 2024

The Year In Review celebrates the achievements and essence of the Counterpart service - women supporting women with cancer - over the 2023-2024 year.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 28 October 2024
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28 October 2024

This is a recorded presentation of WHV’s issues paper, 'Towards a gendered understanding of women’s experiences of mental health and the mental health system', published in 2023.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 24 October 2024
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24 October 2024

A new report released today by Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) reveals major ongoing inequities in abortion and contraception access across the state, disproportionately affecting disadvantaged communities in some regional areas.

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Sarder M, Mogharbel C, Kalman T. |Published: 21 October 2024
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21 October 2024

This report analyses trends in sexual and reproductive health service seeking across Victoria with a focus on abortion and long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). It draws on previously unpublished data from 1800 My Options, a service of Women’s Health Victoria.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 24 September 2024
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24 September 2024

Women's Health Victoria (WHV) welcomes the release of the Senate Community Affairs References Committee’s report on Issues Related to Menopause and Perimenopause. This significant inquiry marks an important step in addressing the often-overlooked challenges faced by women during perimenopause and menopause.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 02 September 2024
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2 September 2024

Women's Health Victoria (WHV) welcomes the announcement by Victoria's Minister for Health to expand the range of medicines that midwives can prescribe, including for medication abortion. This significant change marks a crucial step forward to improve access to reproductive healthcare across Victoria, particularly in regions where access to services is limited.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 29 April 2024
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29 April 2024

The Atlas, produced by Women's Health Victoria, is a free, interactive data platform that displays health and social wellbeing indicators, mapped by sex, for every local government area in Victoria.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 28 June 2024
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12 July 2024

shEqual, a national initiative delivered by Women’s Health Victoria, welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Inquiry.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 10 July 2024
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10 July 2024

The calendar lists WHV's public training schedule for August to November 2024, with links to further information.

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Kelsey A, Grant B, McLernon R, Kotwani T, Kalman T, Johnston-Ataata K, Ward J |Published: 28 June 2024
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28 June 2024

In July 2023, Women’s Health Victoria (WHV) engaged Painted Dog Research to evaluate the implementation and outcomes and impact of the Victorian Women’s Health Atlas (the Atlas) from its launch in October 2015 to present.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 17 June 2024
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17 June 2024

A new survey by Women’s Health Victoria and YouGov has found that almost one quarter of women aged 18-24 feel anxious, embarrassed or unhappy about the appearance of their labia, which can have damaging impacts on their physical, mental and sexual health and wellbeing.  

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 17 June 2024
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17 June 2024

The Real Bodies: Understanding and Celebrating Labia Diversity report by Women's Health Victoria reveals that almost one-quarter of young Australian women feel anxious or unhappy about their labia, driven by the influence of porn and online media. This anxiety has led to an increase in female genital cosmetic surgery.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 08 May 2024
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8 May 2024

Women’s Health Victoria welcomes the announcement made on Tuesday in the 2024-25 Victorian State Budget of renewed funding to provide preventative health promotion and education to Victorian women, as well as a range of other important funding commitments for women’s health.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 30 April 2024
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30 April 2024

Women’s Health Victoria is delighted to announce the appointment of gender equality advocate and former government executive, Sally Hasler, as its incoming CEO.

WHSN submisson to Inquiry into menopause and perimenopause
Victorian Women's Health Services Network |Published: 15 March 2024
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27 March 2024

The Victorian Women’s Health Services Network (WHSN) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the issues related to menopause and perimenopause.

In My Prime Webinar March 2024 title slide
Women's Health Victoria |Published: 20 March 2024
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21 March 2024

An expert panel discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion when developing resources for women over 50, sharing their professional and lived experiences, and drawing on insights and learnings from the In My Prime project led by Women's Health Victoria.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 18 January 2024
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18 January 2024

The calendar lists WHV's public training schedule for 2024, with links to further information.

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Women's Health Victoria |Published: 26 November 2024
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26 November 2024

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.