https://afmw.org.au The voice for Australian medical women. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 02:56:53 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://afmw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-afmw-logo-header-1-32x32.png https://afmw.org.au 32 32 https://afmw.org.au/afmw-working-groups-and-special-interest-groups-eoi/ https://afmw.org.au/afmw-working-groups-and-special-interest-groups-eoi/#respond Wed, 29 Jan 2025 22:28:59 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=140723 We are looking for enthusiastic medical women who would like to be part of our Working Groups and Special Interest Groups within AFMW. If you are interested and/or would like further information, please email president@afmw.org.au by 14 Feb 2025]]> https://afmw.org.au/afmw-working-groups-and-special-interest-groups-eoi/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/mapping-climate-change-and-health-into-the-medical-curriculum-dea-university-of-melbourne/ https://afmw.org.au/mapping-climate-change-and-health-into-the-medical-curriculum-dea-university-of-melbourne/#respond Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:38:46 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=139965 Climate change is a health emergency posing significant threats to health and to the healthcare sector. Mapping Climate Change and Health into the Medical Curriculum demonstrates how planetary health is a cross cutting theme relevant to every specialty. Download the report.]]> https://afmw.org.au/mapping-climate-change-and-health-into-the-medical-curriculum-dea-university-of-melbourne/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/climate-change-is-a-threat-amplifier-wreaking-havoc-on-womens-health-ausdoc/ https://afmw.org.au/climate-change-is-a-threat-amplifier-wreaking-havoc-on-womens-health-ausdoc/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 06:59:22 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=138998 A/Professor Magdalena Simonis Chair of AFMW Climate Health Action Group, along with Dr Kate Wylie, CEO of Doctors For the Environment Australia have a statement to make this International Women’s Day (IWD). It’s a call to include women in disaster management planning and leadership. Women bear the brunt of climate related disasters, and this article draws attention to this.]]> https://afmw.org.au/climate-change-is-a-threat-amplifier-wreaking-havoc-on-womens-health-ausdoc/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/cop28-health-day-for-cop28/ https://afmw.org.au/cop28-health-day-for-cop28/#respond Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:26:41 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=138649 Health Day for COP28 is a special event that will take place on December 3, 2023 as part of the COP28 UN Climate Conference in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.]]> https://afmw.org.au/cop28-health-day-for-cop28/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/doctors-send-climate-change-message-ahead-of-crucial-un-conference-wonca-racgp/ https://afmw.org.au/doctors-send-climate-change-message-ahead-of-crucial-un-conference-wonca-racgp/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:27:11 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=138539 At WONCA, representatives from around the world stood in unison, advocating to protect the planet and life of earth. Dr Maria Neira, World Health Organization Director for the Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health, called climate change ‘potentially the greatest health challenge of the 21st Century’.]]> https://afmw.org.au/doctors-send-climate-change-message-ahead-of-crucial-un-conference-wonca-racgp/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/older-swiss-women-take-their-government-to-court-over-climate-policies-womens-agenda/ https://afmw.org.au/older-swiss-women-take-their-government-to-court-over-climate-policies-womens-agenda/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 07:06:52 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=137191 In this Women's Agenda article, a group of more than 2000 Swiss women have taken their government to court claiming its failure to act on climate change is a violation of their human rights. We will watch this process closely.]]> https://afmw.org.au/older-swiss-women-take-their-government-to-court-over-climate-policies-womens-agenda/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/iwd-climate-action/ https://afmw.org.au/iwd-climate-action/#respond Sun, 02 Apr 2023 22:06:25 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=137163 A group of women leaders were asked, What is one thing you want to see women and girls achieve as we work to solve the climate crisis? My reply was,‘ I want to see the empowerment of women through education, access to technology and leadership of roles.Women across the globe have shown themselves to be innovators and instigators of meaningful and relevant climate action and policy. Investing in women will have substantial benefits for our planet and future generations.’ Watch the video.]]> https://afmw.org.au/iwd-climate-action/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/ar6-synthesis-report-climate-change-2023-ipcc/ https://afmw.org.au/ar6-synthesis-report-climate-change-2023-ipcc/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:26:53 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=137121 The IPCC finalized the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report during the Panel's 58th Session. Australia and other developed countries must achieve net-zero emissions a decade earlier than most have promised, the chief of the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says.]]> https://afmw.org.au/ar6-synthesis-report-climate-change-2023-ipcc/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/unfccc-cop27-key-outcomes-and-road-to-cop28-stakeholder-debrief/ https://afmw.org.au/unfccc-cop27-key-outcomes-and-road-to-cop28-stakeholder-debrief/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:02:17 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=136941 On 2 February 2023, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) hosted a virtual stakeholder information session. This session outlined COP27 key outcomes, early COP28 expectations and an update on Australia’s bid to co-host COP31 in partnership with Pacific Island countries.]]> https://afmw.org.au/unfccc-cop27-key-outcomes-and-road-to-cop28-stakeholder-debrief/feed/ 0 https://afmw.org.au/cop27-health-community-recommendations-caha/ https://afmw.org.au/cop27-health-community-recommendations-caha/#respond Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:34:17 +0000 https://afmw.org.au/?p=136350 The CAHA (Climate and Health Alliance) has co-developed and signed on to a set of recommendations for governments ahead of COP27.]]> https://afmw.org.au/cop27-health-community-recommendations-caha/feed/ 0