The MWIA serves as an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) of medical women and medical students from different countries and cultures around the globe.
MWIA is an organisation representing women doctors from from six continents. The affiliated National Associations comprise over 90% of MWIA’s members. As the “National Association” representing medical women for Australia, internationally AFMW is affiliated with the Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA).
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MWIA is a parent organization, whose members represent 70 countries in all five continents. The different cultural backgrounds, medical traditions and problems of its members provide a stimulating forum.
All Medical Women qualified according to the accepted standard of the medical profession in their own country are eligible for membership.
Read the full list of aims here.
A number of committees support the executive:
The Young MWIA is the Special Interest Group for Young Female Doctors and Medical Students.
This is a share of the October “Bush Wire” Newsletter from our colleagues at National Rural Health Alliance. The newsletter includes NRHA Annual Report 2025 – 26 released, NRHA submissions make way into Senate and House of Representatives committee reports, Submission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare and more.
AFMW congratulates former President Associate Professor Magdalena Simonis on her induction into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Cutcher & Neale, which prepares AFMW’s annual accounts pro bono, offers a complimentary online Women’s Financial Literacy Program featuring a series of videos available after sign-up.
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