Women's Health

The Women's Health SIG aims to influence policy development to advance women's health and the public health research that informs policy and programs. We promote understanding of the social model of health and how gender determines health. Using human rights and feminist approaches, we advocate for improving women's health in Australia, as well as working to promote women's health globally, often with other PHAA SIGs. A feminist and human rights approach recognises that women may experience injustice based on their sex/gender, and that these injustices may also occur on a systemic level through public policy processes.

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Women's Health SIG Committee:

Co-Convenor: Abela Mahimbo
E: [email protected]

Abela is an early career researcher and lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney.

She has a passion for health equity and is developing as an eminent scholar and research leader in the field of public health, specifically migrant and refugee health.

Interested in getting involved? Become a member and start contributing to policies and position papers, participate in advocacy activities, attend an event and share ideas or network on the discussion forum.

Women's Health Papers

• Advancing sexual and reproductive wellbeing in Australia: the Melbourne proclamation

Women's Health Policy Position Statements:

• Abortion
• Breast cancer screening (Mammography)
• Breast feeding + background paper
• Contraception
• Emergency Contraception
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Fertility and preconception health
• Gender and Health
• Gender Based Violence
• Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Cisgender Women's Health
• Long Acting Reversible Contraception
• Menopause