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AFMW extends hearty congratulations to Dr Ashna Basu for being the recipient of the AMA Women’s Health Award at this year’s AMA National Conference in Sydney. Dr Ashna Basu received the award from outgoing AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid, for her passion and dedication to gender equity, mental health, and the social determinants of health
Dr Alisha Dorrigan, a Sydney-based GP and Deputy Medical Editor for the Medical Journal of Australia states how it would be an incredible achievement if patients across the country were able to receive the full spectrum of reproductive health services, including medical abortion, through their own GP clinic. Read this InSight+ article.
Leadership by wise women is indispensable if we are to escape the catastrophe that male leadership is presently building for humanity. If humanity is to survive the vast and growing threats it faces, women must assume the leadership of government, business, religion and social institutions around the world.
AFMW extends a hearty congratulations to Professor Deborah Bateson, formerly Medical Director of Family Planning NSW has been appointed Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Medicine and Health which is a new role at Sydney University.
Australian Medical Association (AMA) announced its new Federal Council which will be convened from 1 August 2022. AFMW President, Dr Simonis is the newly elected AMA Federal Council Representative for General Practice. This is a hugely important role as AMA is really the advocacy body for the profession.
AFMW president, Dr Magdalena Simonis spoke on NEOS KOSMOS The Interview podcast about the impact of COVID on the Greek community and the importance of trusting the family GP for information and guidance. Listen to the podcast here.
AFMW Member Professor Deborah Bateson, Professor of Practice at the University of Sydney and former Medical Director of Family Planning New South Wales was interviewed for this inSight+ article.
In this article, The Guardian reports how binding targets for boardroom gender equality come 10 years after proposals were first made. The EU is also mandating a minimum 33% share of the ‘underrepresented sex’ in all senior corporate roles.
(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.
AFMW partner, Climate and Health Alliance has shared support for the ‘Fossil Ad Ban’ campaign.
This RACGP article, discusses how new ABS data shows serious inequities in the way COVID is affecting different communities. RACGP interviewed AFMW President, Dr Simonis. Magda’s key takeaways include “Vaccination messaging requires targeted, culture-specific health promotion that engages primary care physicians, doctors like myself, with the creation of the messaging based upon the obstacles that we’ve observed and the conversations that we are having.”
This ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ article, discusses how worried should we be if we don’t have a fourth dose? The Sydney Morning Herald / The Age interviewed AFMW President, Dr Simonis for comment.
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