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Helen Clark receives inaugural Women’s Health Rights Award

September 23, 2014

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Helen Clark was honoured as the first recipient of the Women’s Health Rights Award at the 121st Woman’s Suffrage event held in Auckland tonight.The award acknowledges the considerable impact Ms Clark has made to the lives of women and children in Aotearoa.The event also celebrated 30

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Mesh settlement in the US

October 05, 2014

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A US company agrees to a master settlement to resolve thousands of claims against its mesh products. Read more here

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Creating Health Strategies for Older Women

March 02, 2015

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Thank you to those who were able to attend the Women’s Health Action event ‘Creating Health Strategies for Older Women’ on Thursday, February 26th.We would also like to extend a special thanks for the speakers for donating their time and expertise: Takawai Christina

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Surgical Mesh Update

October 22, 2014

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Women’s Health Action became increasingly concerned about problems with surgical mesh after being contacted by a number of consumers, following warnings from the FDA, various women’s organisations internationally and in academic articles. Since 2012 our policy analyst Dr Sandra Hall h

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Ageing boom not ageing bust

March 11, 2015

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Much of the discussion about Aotearoa New Zealand and other western countries’ ageing population uses a discourse of burden, emphasising the predicted financial cost. However, this discourse ignores the economic and social contributions older people make.This article highlights

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Women all over New Zealand will join forces in celebration of breastfeeding, taking part in The Big Latch On, the 2nd and 3rd of August.

August 01, 2014

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The Women’s Health Action initiative – now in its 10th year – will see thousands of women from different cultures and backgrounds simultaneously breastfeeding their babies in public events nationwide.Women’s Health Action Maternal and Child Health promoter, Isis McKay says

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Women’s Health Action announces its new website and brand!

August 26, 2014

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Women’s Health Action and Curative have been working hard over the past six months to develop a refreshed brand and new website. We are proud to launch both of these today. Our new brand looks great, it’s contemporary, fresh and strong and remains connected us to our legacy of Cartw

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