“For Ukraine: By Women of the World” is a collection of powerful poetry and prose by all who identify as women about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led by Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin. Thirty-five women express their concerns about Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, its impact on Ukrainians and the reactions of world leaders to the war. The women are from countries including Australia, Fiji, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand.
All funds go to supporting the women affected by the events in the Ukraine.
Special thanks to Diann Rodgers-Healey of the Australian Centre for Women in Leadership ( ACWL)who instigated this.
Please consider purchasing "For Ukraine By Women of the World" E-book of powerful poems/prose by 35 international women calling on Putin & Russia to stop the war in Ukraine. ALL funds raised r going to @UNWomenAust for Ukraine. Thanks!#ForUkraineByWomenhttps://t.co/Pa22oWS4zJ
— Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey (@ACLWDiannRH) June 15, 2022
Featured Authors:
- Shirley Kaye Randell – Australia
- Diann Rodgers-Healey – Australia
- Nikhat Shameem – Fiji
- Padmini Murthy – United States
- Rose O’Neill – New Zealand
- Magdalena Simonis – Australia
- Kerrie Duff – Australia
- Toni Hassan – Australia
- Ellie Wong – Australia
- Beverly Mary Louise Lawes – England
- Johanna Skinner – Australia
- Shivani Saweni – Fiji
- Karina McRoberts – Australia
- Manpreet Kaur – Fiji
- Rosalie Fishman – Australia
- Kamala Lakshmi Naiker – Fiji
- Claire Kearns – Australia
- Vandana Vikashni Nath – Fiji
- Helena Bryndzej Studdert – Australia
- Evelyn Grace Quinlan – United Kingdom
- Lauren Elise Daniels – USA / Australia
- Doga Demir – Australia
- Karen Arnold – United States
- Natalie Scanlon – Australia
- Lynne Samson – Australia
- Linda Stewart – Australia
- Julie Miller – Australia
- Parvin Lata – Fiji
- Washni Warsha Kumar – Fiji
- Jenni Nixon – Australia
- Libby Sommer – Australia
- Nur J. Alam – Australia
- Noa Gomberg – Australia
- Susan Lane – Australia
- Bethany Williams – Australia
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Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis AM is the Immediate Past President of the AFMW (2020-2023), former President of VMWS (2013 & 2017-2020) and current AFMW National Coordinator (2024-2026). She is a full time clinician who also holds positions on several not for profit organisations, driven by her passion for bridging gaps across the health sector. She is a leading women’s health expert, keynote speaker, climate change and gender equity advocate and government advisor.
Magdalena was awarded a lifetime membership of the RACGP for her contributions which include past chair of Women in General Practice, longstanding contribution to the RACGP Expert Committee Quality Care, the RACGP eHealth Expert Committee. She is regularly invited to comment on primary care research though mainstream and medical media and contributes articles on various health issues through newsGP and other publications.
Magdalena has represented the RACGP at senate enquiries and has worked on several National Health Framework reviews. She is author of the RACGP Guide on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery and co-reviewer of the RACGP Red Book Women’s Health Chapter, and reviewer of the RACGP White book
Both an RACGP examiner and University examiner, she undertakes general practice research and is a GP Educator with the Safer Families Centre of Research Excellence, which develops education tools to assist the primary care sector identify, respond to and manage family violence . Roles outside of RACGP include the Strategy and Policy Committee for Breast Cancer Network Australia, Board Director of the Melbourne University Teaching Health Clinics and the elected GP representative to the AMA Federal Council. In 2022. she was award the AMA (Vic) Patrick Pritzwald-Steggman Award 2022, which celebrates a doctor who has made an exceptional contribution to the wellbeing of their colleagues and the community and was listed as Women’s Agenda 2022 finalist for Emerging Leader in Health.
Magdalena has presented at the United Nations as part of the Australian Assembly and was appointed the Australian representative to the World Health Organisation, World Assembly on COVID 19, by the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) in 2021. In 2023, A/Professor Simonis was included on the King’s COVID-19 Champion’s list and was also awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division for significant service to medicine through a range of roles and to women’s health.
