Addressing Intersecting Gendered Barriers to Universal Access and Equity Policy Brief

This policy brief puts a gender lens over barriers to universal access to health care. It aims to inform policy, strategy and practice, and is applicable in all jurisdictions.

Keywords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, access, adult women, advocacy, agency, cultural determinants of health, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD), discrimination, feminism, funding, gender, gender equality, gender equity, government and policy, health and wellbeing, health equity, health literacy, health rights, health systems, law, legal rights, LGBTIQ+, metropolitan, migrant and refugee women, national, older women, policy, population health, prevention of gender based violence, primary prevention, regional, remote, reproductive health, rural, social determinants of health, women in prison, women's rights, young women

Author(s): Australian Women's Health Alliance
Organisation: Australian Women's Health Alliance
Year Published: 2023
Language: English

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Have a health concern?

Call healthdirect – 1800 022 222

Experiencing violence?

Contact 1800RESPECT

Is it an emergency?

Call triple zero – 000

Other crisis and general helplines can also be found here

Want to yarn with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter?

Call 13YARN – 13 92 76

Looking for LGBTIQ+ support?

Contact QLife – 1800 184 527

Australian Women’s Health Alliance acknowledges the support of the Australian Government. The Women’s Health Hub project is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Health Peak Advisory Bodies Program.

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