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Digi-update: Isis McKay
January 02, 2018
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Kia ora and Happy New Year!! Women’s Health Action are launching a new online platform called ‘digi-updates’ where our staff and various health experts will be sharing their knowledge on topics that interest them and you! Here is our Maternal and Child Health Promote
Continue Reading →Perfectionism – a vice or virtue by our Director’s daughter
December 20, 2017
Our director’s daughter has put together an essay Perfectionism – a vice or virtue, about her views and perspective of perfectionism.
Continue Reading →Presentation on 31st January 2018: Supporting sex, sexuality and gender diversity in gynaecology and maternity care: an introduction
December 06, 2017
New date released for George Parker’s presentation on ‘supporting sex, sexuality and gender diversity in gynaecology and maternity care: an introduction’, confirmed date of 31st January 2018 at 3pm-4.30pm at 13 Coyle Street, Sandringham, Auckland. Hope to see you the
Continue Reading →Surgical Mesh Products to become Illegal in Australia
December 03, 2017
In one month, it will be illegal to use surgical mesh products to treat pelvic organ prolapse in Australia. Photo: Lynn Grieveson Read about Australia’s progress here!
Continue Reading →Nationwide shortage of contraceptive pill as stocks run low!
November 30, 2017
We want to hear from you! Get in touch on Facebook here or email us at info@womens-health.org.nz. A nationwide shortage of the oral contraceptive pill has pharmacies worried they may have to start turning women away. Read more about the situation here.
Continue Reading →Dame Margaret Sparrow: The fight for women’s health
November 28, 2017
Dame Margaret Sparrow was named a Public Health Champion 2017 by the Public Health Association (PHA) for her life’s work serving and leading sexual and reproductive health services and rights in New Zealand. PHA Wellington Branch Spokesperson Maria Cotter says Dame Margaret, having c
Continue Reading →Presentation Postponed: Supporting sex, sexuality and gender diversity in gynaecology and maternity care: an introduction
November 26, 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances, George Parker’s presentation on ‘supporting sex, sexuality and gender diversity in gynaecology and maternity care: an introduction’, has been postponed. Please click on the attached SurveyMonkey to advise which date is more suitable for you. We apolog
Continue Reading →November maternal and child health research and news round up
November 22, 2017
Pregnant with possibility: Negotiating fat maternal subjectivity in the “War on Obesity”- http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21604851.2017.1372990 Online Perceptions of Mothers About Breastfeeding and Introducing Formula: Qualitative Study.- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29
Continue Reading →Activists for Living Wage by Director Jude Cottrell
November 07, 2017
WHA attended a lunch celebrating employers implementing a living wage for their employees this week. It was so encouraging hearing from employers with a social conscience who were playing their part in meeting the UN’s sustainable development goals. This will impact women and health b
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