Policy Brief: Enabling Agency in Health Care
This national policy brief places a gendered lens over barriers to universal access to health care to inform policy strategy and practice. It argues that
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This national policy brief places a gendered lens over barriers to universal access to health care to inform policy strategy and practice. It argues that
This policy brief articulates the policies and actions necessary to improve health outcomes for women, by placing an intersectional lens over the relationship between care,
This policy brief discusses the ways reproductive health leave could revolutionise gender relations in the workplace. There is a need to understand the impact of
This national policy brief highlights why a stronger intersectional gendered evidence base is needed in research to address the significant inequities that exist across priority
This national charter, included for herstoric reasons, outlines the Australian Women’s Health Network’s (now trading as Australian Women’s Health Alliance) commitment to improving health outcomes
This policy brief discusses our right to access healthcare free from discrimination and says addressing all aspects of discrimination, including religious discrimination, is essential to
This position paper argues that economic and climatic disasters are inextricably linked, and women are most affected. Improvements to women’s health won’t be effective until
Women experience health, illness, and healthcare differently to men and these differences begin at birth. This policy brief argues that better outcomes in women’s health
This position paper outlines how non-communicable diseases impact women and men differently and argues that a lack of research into these differences potentially promotes poorer
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