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National Council of Women of Queensland Inc. (NCWQ) Bursary Program for 2025 Announced– including Five Bursaries for Medical Women in 2025 – Applications now open!
This is the first installment in our new fortnightly series highlighting organisations where doctors are driving social change beyond clinical practice. This week we focus on Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Medicine Without Boundaries.
Climate And Health Alliance’s (CAHA) 2025 Federal election scorecard on climate and health is here! AFMW is a member organisation of CAHA. View the scorecard and report.
[EVENT REMINDER] DON’T FORGET to register for AGEC’s 2025 Federal Election Virtual Town Hall on Tuesday 29th April at 7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST. Register today.
We are thrilled to announce that Australia will host the MWIA Western Pacific Regional Conference in 2027, coinciding with the Centennial Celebration of the AFMW. This is more than an invitation; it’s a call to action for trailblazers ready to make a difference. Express your interest in joining the Sub-Committee.
[MEDIA RELEASE] Hospitals across Australia are facing increasing risk around security of their energy supply as climate driven disasters threaten critical healthcare infrastructure. The All-Electric Healthy Hospitals Campaign — a coalition of over 100,000 health workers — is calling for urgent federal investment in reliable, affordable hospital energy. – Healthy Futures
Brisbane-based GP, Dr Jo Skinner has contributed this important piece about domestic violence. The story of female friendships with an underlying theme of coercive control is the basis of her new novel A World of Silence.
“Women make up just over half of Australia’s population and yet we continue to face significant safety issues in our homes, workplaces and communities, additional barriers to accessing employment, and, as a result increased income insecurity throughout our lives.” – Coral Ross, Chair Australian Gender Equality Council
[EVENT] This musical is touring Queensland right now with shows still to be held in Maryborough and Bundaberg and a big finale in Brisbane’s QPAC on 8-12 April. It features historical characters including Brisbane’s own Dr Lilian Cooper, Queensland’s first ‘lady’ doctor.
VMWS is thrilled to offer two fully sponsored places in Monash University’s Women in Leadership Program! We will cover the entire course fee ($1590) for two ambitious women looking to develop their leadership skills. Applications close 11 May 2025.
An AFMW council update for members and the wider Australian medical women fraternity from Dr Sandra Hirowatari. Read the latest report.
[EVENT RECAP] AFMW President Dr Brenda Masters chatted with Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Jennifer Green discussing the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance, 13 March 2025. Watch the video chat today.
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