Time flies! We’re at the end of the year, and what an eventful year it has been. There was significant movement in the gender equity space, both within our state with the enactment of the Gender Equality Act, and nationally with the March 4 Justice rallies. In line with this,… Read More »President’s message December 2021
It has certainly been a busy couple of months! Firstly, I’d like to congratulate the recipients of the inaugural AFMW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Purple Bush Leaves Medicine Bursary: Ms Tia Gordon, Dr Kerby Siemsen, and Dr Sarah McEwan. Read more about the Bursary and these exceptional women here.… Read More »President’s Message August 2021
With National Reconciliation Week behind us and NAIDOC Week ahead of us, there’s lots to reflect upon this month. This year, the the NRW theme, ‘More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’ and the NAIDOC theme ‘Heal Country, heal our nation’ both urge us to take impactful and concrete steps… Read More »President’s Message July 2021
With National Reconciliation Week behind us and NAIDOC Week ahead of us, there’s lots to reflect upon this month. This year, the the NRW theme, ‘More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’ and the NAIDOC theme ‘Heal Country, heal our nation’ both urge us to take impactful and concrete steps… Read More »President’s Message July 2021
The recent wave of sexual harassment and abuse sweeping various workplaces, including our parliament, underscores just how rife gendered violence is in our workplaces and our community, how culturally entrenched it remains in our society. In March, over 10,000 women took to the streets in the #March4Justice, the grassroots movement… Read More »President’s Message May 2021
2021 has started off on a positive note here at VMWS. Our committee this year has several new faces and we are so excited to bring that enthusiasm to the rest of the society. Get to know us better by reading about us on our website. At our recent committee… Read More »President’s Message February 2021
It is a privilege and an honour to be the next President of VMWS. I have been a member of VMWS since I was a medical student, and have grown up, if you will, in the midst of empowering, learned, and awe-inspiring medical women. Through my experiences gleaned from… Read More »President’s Message December 2020
Under the provisions of the Victorian Medical Women’s Society Model Rules, committee members are elected annually. You must be a member of VMWS in order to be eligible. We are now calling for nominations for the following Committee positions: Executive CommitteePresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer General CommitteeEvent CoordinatorMembership OfficerIT OfficerNewsletter/Web Content EditorPromotions OfficerSponsorship… Read More »VMWS Call for Nominations for 2021 Committee!
Climate plays an important role in human health and it is well established that climate change can have very significant impacts in this regard. In partnership with The Lancet and the MJA, we present the inaugural Australian Countdown assessment of progress on climate change and health. This comprehensive assessment examines… Read More »The MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australian policy inaction threatens lives
Go check out Wayward Women – it’s a free public exhibition at The Old Treasury Building, Melbourne. Running from now til mid 2021. It presents ten stories about individual women’s lives in the past. All of the women could be described as ‘wayward’, having transgressed society’s rules in some way.… Read More »Wayward Women – Free Exhibition
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