Category: Initiatives

Photos of the AFMW event heald during NAIDOC week

Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves

NAIDOC Week Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Celebration for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Medicine Bursaries– Tuesday 5 July 2022

(POST UPDATED 17 July) On Tuesday 5 July 2022, we celebrated the recipients of the inaugural 2021 Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursaries and the launch of the inaugural Queensland based (NCWQ QMWS) Bursary sponsored by Mater. We are very grateful to the many distinguished guests who attended and supported this event, and hope it will become a template for an annual NAIDOC event in future, to be rotated nationally.

July 17, 2022

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

AFMW Bursary 2022 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves – NOW CLOSED

APPLICATIONS OPEN 23 May – CLOSE 20 June 2022: During Reconciliation Week, the Australian Federation of Medical Women, is making a tangible commitment to the support of continuing education of Aboriginal and Torres’s Strait Islander women in medicine with an inaugural bursary. As part of their commitment to reconciliation and the Makarrata Commission, we would like to encourage and empower a female medical graduate who identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, to further their medical career and/or leadership aspirations. Applications are now being accepted.

May 26, 2022

Yesterday's climate risks are now reality

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Yesterday’s climate risks are now reality

This list of updates from The Conversation is all about Climate and why AFMW’s Climate Health Action Group (CHAG is so important. It explains why we as AFMW should be engaged and outspoken on this issue of climate change and climate health impacts.

August 12, 2021

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AFMW’s Climate Health Action Group Open Letter to Environment Minister Sussan Ley

AFMW’s Climate Health Action Group (CHAG) has written an open letter to Environment Minister Sussan Ley urging her to support the actions of those working to sustain the environment’s wellbeing, and to take actions to protect the environment.

July 28, 2021

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Recipients of the (2021) Inaugural AFMW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Announced

As part of NAIDOC Week celebrations, the Australian Federation of Medical Women is pleased to announce the recipients of the Inaugural AFMW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary. Thank you to our kind bursary donors Ms Leann Wilson and Mr Colin Saltmere AM, as we congratulate Ms Tia Gordon, a Ghungalu/Bidjara woman, Dr Kerby Siemsen, a Wiradjuri woman from Weethalle and Dr Sarah McEwan, a Wiradjuri woman from Mudgee.

July 15, 2021

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

AFMW Bursary 2021 – Inaugural AFMW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary

2021 Bursary: We look forward to announcing the successful applicant during NAIDOC week. We would like to thank all our members and affiliated organisations for spreading the word. Contributions to the Project can be made directly online or through the purchase of Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Scarves.

June 24, 2021

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

AFMW Bursary 2021 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Medicine Leaves

Bursary 2021 Update: During Reconciliation Week, the Australian Federation of Medical Women, is making a tangible commitment to the support of continuing education of Aboriginal and Torres’s Strait Islander women in medicine with an inaugural bursary. As part of their commitment to reconciliation and the Makarrata Commission, we would like to encourage and empower a female medical graduate who identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, to further their medical career and/or leadership aspirations.

June 17, 2021

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AFMW Announces Our Climate Health Action Group (CHAG) [UPDATED]

UPDATE. New members to the AFMW CHAG welcome PLUS discover 6 Practice Tips to help decarbonize our planet. The AFMW is proud to be a member of the Better Futures Australia Health Working Group, which includes representatives from Doctors for the Environment Australia, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association, NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association, and Climate and Health Alliance.

May 20, 2021