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We innovate strategies to ensure the Australian primary care workforce adequately addresses women's sexual and reproductive health needs, including trialling alternative service delivery methods to enhance accessibility, particularly in rural and regional areas.
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Imagine I am sitting next to you at one of those before-work “breakfast celebration” events for International Women’s Day. You know the ones, coffee, morning scrolls, large conference venue, same carpet in each. We’ve just been asked to turn the person next to us to introduce ourselves: say our name, and something that we like using the first letter of our name. We’ve been here before.
Women in medicine reflect for International Women’s Day
This year’s International Women’s Day theme “Count Her In: Investment in Women. Accelerate Progress” is about examining the pathways to greater economic inclusion for women and girls everywhere. For women in medicine, this year’s theme is poignant. Although there have been strides in advancing gender equality in medicine, disparities persist including the gender pay gap.
More Than $18 Million Boost For Endometriosis
Women have shared their experiences with us and we are listening and implementing change. Queensland has one of the highest rates of endometriosis, with around one in six (17%) women diagnosed with endometriosis by the time they are in their early 40, this is compared to just over one in 10 (11%) women Australia wide.
Seven year wait for women forced to live with endometriosis
It takes an average of seven years for endometriosis sufferers to be properly diagnosed, with one in three feeling dismissed by healthcare professionals, a consultation with almost 12,000 Queensland woman and girls has found.
Abortions have declined among childbearing Victorian women. This could be why
A new generation of contraceptives has been credited with a notable decrease overall in abortion rates among child-bearing women in Victoria, although rates have increased in regional and rural areas.
Abortion inequities remain despite progress
Despite recent improvements to abortion access in Australia, inequities remain in access to pregnancy termination. New research has found that access to abortion care in Victoria has improved, but the complex interplay between contraceptive use, unintended pregnancy and induced abortion requires further exploration.
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