Pictured: Sandra and other guests at the Western CapeHER Forum in June 2025
In June Alliance CEO Sandra Creamer attended and spoke at the ‘Western CapeHER’ Forum.
The Forum aimed to support local communities to take their wellbeing into their own hands, share health priorities and capture the challenges of all women living in the Western Cape region, including Traditional Owners.
The Forum involved guest speakers from outside of Western Cape who are subject matter experts on various women’s health issues, local women from Weipa town as well as Napranum, Aurukun and Mapoon Aboriginal communities, and local health organisations.
We hear their voices, we see them, and we will continue to work with them to raise their voices in policies and at the table we attend. We will leave no one behind, and the Western CapeHER conference is a reminder to all, no matter where you live, you are not invisible
Sessions focused on key identified health women’s issues, aligned with priorities outlined in the Queensland Women and Girls’ Health Strategy 2032, including:
- Health Rights (First Nation’s health, justice system, incarceration, health services)
- Healthy Bodies and Lifestyles (exercise and sport, nutrition, occupational health, dental care)
- Chronic Health Conditions and Cancers
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Maternal Health (mothers and parenting, children’s rights, child protection)
- Mental Health (including suicide prevention)
- Domestic and family violence (including coercive control and prevention)
- Drugs and Alcohol: Use, Impacts and Prevention (smoking campaign, Illicit drugs and alcohol)
- Environmental health and climate change
- Opportunities for study and careers in health field.
Sandra spoke on mental health and domestic violence.
Read more about the forum in this article by Becca Whitehead.
