Events

Safe and Supported: Building Workplace Capacity to Manage Family Violence

Women’s Health Victoria Level 8, 255 Bourke St, Melbourne, Australia

Building capacity to create safe and supportive workplaces. This workshop is designed to build the capacity of workplaces to support their employees who are experiencing family violence. Disclosures of family violence are common after or during violence prevention training and/or workplace change programs. This workshop is designed for managers, human resources/people and culture staff, or individuals… Read More »Safe and Supported: Building Workplace Capacity to Manage Family Violence

Bystander Action to Prevent Violence Against Women

Women’s Health Victoria Level 8, 255 Bourke St, Melbourne, Australia

Providing the tools to take bystander action to prevent violence against women. This three-hour active bystander training supports participants to speak up when confronted with everyday sexism and sexual harassment, as well as a range of behaviours and attitudes that justify, excuse, blame, trivialise or minimise violence against women.  This training takes participants through the causes,… Read More »Bystander Action to Prevent Violence Against Women

$125.00

Webinar: Addressing the sensitive topics of fertility and preconception health with your male and female patients

Zoom Meeting

This GP education webinar is presented by Andrology Australia and Your Fertility. It will address GPs’ expressed needs for education on preconception health care for female and male patients, with up-to-date evidence-based presentations on factors affecting male and female fertility, practical strategies for implementation into practice, and opportunities to participate in discussions with the panel,… Read More »Webinar: Addressing the sensitive topics of fertility and preconception health with your male and female patients

Chinese Museum Melbourne – The Great Explorer Tour

Chinese Museum 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The National Council of Women of Victoria (NCWV) invites you to a 2-in-1 package for a museum visit and a walking tour of historic Chinatown. This aims to provide insight into the rich history of Australia's Chinese community, as well as a look at contemporary Chinese culture. This program includes the Great Explorer Tour and yum cha… Read More »Chinese Museum Melbourne – The Great Explorer Tour

Grand Round Panel Discussion – Health Advocacy: Women in Medicine

Bio 21 Institute - Auditorium 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

A light lunch will be provided at this event from 12pm GRAND ROUND PANEL MODERATOR Tracey Spicer AM Tracey Spicer is passionate about the rights of women and girls. Over the past 30 years the journalist, author and broadcaster has anchored programs for ABC TV, Network Ten, Channel 9, Sky News and Radio 2UE, and… Read More »Grand Round Panel Discussion – Health Advocacy: Women in Medicine

Planning for the Unplanned

RACGP House 100 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, Australia

'Planning for the unplanned' will discuss unplanned pregnancy within the GP consultation, including the differing laws within Australia. It will explore sTOP abortion pathways available now with the changes to the Pregnancy Advisory Service and then will discuss mTOP and what the GP needs to know, where and how to access it, and encourage you… Read More »Planning for the Unplanned

How We Do What We Do

St Vincent's Hospital 11th Floor Boardroom 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzory, Victoria, Australia

Professor Catherine Crock (AM) is a respected physician and patient-centred advocate who has worked in the health care industry for over 25 years, and is renowned for combining her love for the arts and medicine to effect positive change for both patients and staff in healthcare. In 2000, Dr Crock founded and continues to chair… Read More »How We Do What We Do

Free – $30.00

NCW Victoria May Forum

Ross House 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Theme: Sustainable and Safe Cities, especially for Women & Girls, focusing on Safe Streets 9:45 Venue opens, sign-in, registration kits distributed 10:00 President, Elisabeth Newman, introduces May Hu OAM JP, Coordinator of Standing Committee 10:05 Panel Introduction: Elida Brereton, Executive member, who will be the moderator 10:10 Martin Habgood & Phuong Chau (VicRoads), Safe Streets… Read More »NCW Victoria May Forum

Book Launch: Women to the Front, the Extraordinary Australian Women Doctors in the Great War

Welsh Church 320 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  'Women to the Front, the Extraordinary Australian Women Doctors in the Great War' is a book written by Dr Heather Sheard and Dr Ruth Lee, published by Penguin Random House. VMWS President Dr Magda Simonis will be launching this wonderful book, to be held at the Welsh Church. The church was the first site of… Read More »Book Launch: Women to the Front, the Extraordinary Australian Women Doctors in the Great War

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