A wealth of information and great material is shared with the AFMW via our connections with the UN Youth, UN Women, These wonderful organisations provide speaker training seminars, podcast training seminars, advocacy seminars and other non-clinical workshops.
Generally, it is the UN subscribers who have access to these resources. They are usually put together by highly skilled professionals who ‘donate’ their IP, so to speak’ for wider use.
Due to the existing gender inequity and the efforts being made to address this gap. A lot of these resources are ‘gold’ but come in so many emails they are often ‘lost’ or overlooked.
As part of service to Australian medical women, the AFMW will endeavour to share the best of these resources with our membership. Stay tuned as we add additional posts to this page.
Dr Tahnee Bridson has been awarded Qld Young Australian of the Year for her work as founder of ‘Hand-n-Hand Peer Support’. This initiative supports the mental wellbeing of healthcare workers, and fosters a culture in the medical profession in which mental health is valued and help can be sought without fear or shame.
yAFMW Open letter to the Trainees of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Colleagues and Friends in regards to the events of last weekend. If you need help, please reach out – to a colleague, friend, your GP, or another trusted professional. AFMW also has a list of professional and personal wellbeing resources.
Young AFMW (yAFMW) is the AFMW committee for medical students, female doctors fewer than 7 yrs since graduation and those aged younger than 40 yrs. Nominations for our leadership committee are NOW OPEN!
Young AFMW Co-chair and AFMW Recent Graduate Councilor Dr Helena Franco has been awarded an RG Menzies Scholarship by the Harvard Club of Australia. She will undertake a Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery at the Harvard Medical School. Congratulations, Helena!
View the brief summary of the CSW65 Agreed Conclusions. Prepared by Dr Magdalena Simonis President, AFMW , host of the AFMW CSW65 Parallel Event. The full version is also available to download. Aims of the Commission are for: Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.
A lot has happened in the month of March, so A/Professor Magdalena, AFMW President has taken the liberty to provide our members with this update.
CSW65 is currently being held at the New York UN headquarters. This is a two week event consisting of a range of events, including official meetings, side events and parallel events, including AFMW’s Parallel event. View the Programme and our online AFMW calendar to see what member is attending what.
The Programme for AFMW’s 20 March NGO CSW65 parallel event has now been released. The event starts at 3.30pm AEDT / 2.30pm AEST. Please view the Programme schedule and register to attend. We look forward to seeing you online!
The ‘Side’ and ‘Parallel’ events of the UN’s 65th Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW 65) have now been published. Good opportunities for AFMW to engage with these activities.
AFMW’s 20 March NGO CSW65 parallel event will be delivered on the NGO CSW virtual platform. Please see a quick tutorial on how to use the NGO CSW65 virtual platform. Please register to attend. We look forward to seeing you online!
Attention all Youth Leaders and Young Professionals! NGO CSW Forum are offering $5000 grants to support projects to advance gender equity. Get in quick!
In this video, as part of the Youth Leaders & Young Professional’s Youth Preparation Series for CSW65, the NGO CSW guest presenter deliver a workshop on Presentation Skills for medical women.
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