About the AFMW

The voice for Australian medical women, advocating for, and supporting, the health and welfare of our local, national and international communities.

Australian Federation of Medical Women (AFMW)

Our Mission

The Australian Federation of Medical Women (AFMW) offers our members, colleagues and the community access to the collective knowledge and experiences of medical women. AFMW seeks to ensure equity and equality for women doctors to achieve their potential throughout all stages of their professional and personal lives. AFMW is a not for profit, politically neutral, non sectarian, non government organisation that seeks to improve the health of all Australians, especially the health of women and children.

Our Membership

AFMW membership is automatic for doctors who are members of their affiliated state medical women’s society; medical women can join AFMW directly where there is no active local state body. Full membership is open to registered female medical practitioners of Australia. Associate membership includes non-registered female medical practitioners and medical students. Membership of AFMW confers automatic membership of the Medical Women’s International Association.

The Work We Do

Advocacy

We actively advocate for a number of key issues to support women and non-binary gender individuals and groups.

Projects & Initiatives

We aim to either shed further light on the issues that we advocate for, or assist medical women both professionally and personally.

Non Clinical Professional & Leadership Skills Dev't

A wealth of information and great material is shared with the AFMW via our connections with the UN Youth, UN Women. We then share these with our members.

Personal and Professional Wellbeing

Resources, links, tips and information. If you have suggestions on additional resources we could list, we would love to hear from you.

Public Statements

AFMW drafts for comment and delivers public statements on behalf of its members.

Video Resources and Event Recaps

AFMW and our affiliated state, territory and international societies run various online events and activities for medical women. This section display event recaps, webinar recordings and video resources.

Our Aims

To further the professional development of medical women through education and research and to improve the health and welfare of all persons but especially women and children in the Australian community.
To stimulate, encourage and promote the entry of women into the medical and allied sciences throughout the world and assist its members in optimum utilisation of their medical training.
To foster friendship, respect and understanding among medical women throughout the world without regard to race, religion or political views.
To afford medical women the opportunity to meet at stated times to consider common problems together and gain the co-operation of medical women in matters in international health.

Our Affiliations

AFMW is a member of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Australian Women’s Coalition, partners with Doctors for the Environment Australia and is affiliated with Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA), Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership (AWHL) and Climate and Health Alliance in Australia (CAHA).

Medical Women’s International Association

MWIA is actively involved with the World Health Organisation, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and with UNICEF.

It is represented on the Board of the General Council of International Organisation of the Medical Sciences and has NGO observer status to the World Medical Association. MWIA provides its members with the opportunity to exchange ideas, medically and personally, with colleagues from other nations.