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Equality, empowerment, health and wellbeing for all women In addition Women's Health East receives funding for specific projects.

Women’s Health East is a regional women’s health promotion agency working across the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne. We work with stakeholders to build the capacity of services and programs in the region to ensure they optimally address issues affecting women. Women’s Health East works predominantly in gender-based health promotion, which involves:

- Providing leadership around women’s

health issues of regional significance and facilitating integrated responses
- Working in partnership with local governments, health and community agencies and other stakeholders to promote gender-based health promotion and service delivery, and to improve service system access and responsiveness for women
- Shaping responses to the promotion of women’s health and wellbeing through research, advocacy and consultancy
- Providing information and advice to key stakeholders in order to raise awareness of health and wellbeing issues experienced by women and to promote women’s health and wellbeing
- Delivering training and education programs for our partner organisations on women's health issues and gender sensitivity in planning and service delivery. Women’s Health East also works directly with women in order to ground our work and to:

- Understand women’s health and wellbeing issues
- Support and strengthen our health promotion
- Identify and inform responses to service system gaps

The organisation is a not-for-profit incorporated association, and receives the majority of its funding through the Department of Health. This funding comes from a variety of sources including philanthropic trusts, community grants and other areas of government including local government. To view our Community Guidelines for Facebook, click here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/womens-health-east/community-guidelines/492680197472369

21/08/2025

Welcome to our 9-part series sharing key insights from our You Can Ask That webinar.

Topic 1: An introduction to work-related gendered violence.

So, what is gendered violence, and who does it affect?

Put simply, it’s any violence, harassment or discrimination directed at someone because of their gender, or violence that disproportionately impacts people of a particular gender.

It most commonly affects women, girls, gender-diverse people, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Gendered violence is a broad term that includes violence against women, family violence, intimate partner violence and more.

Understanding the definition is the first step. Creating respectful, equitable workplaces is the next.

Video description: The video plays audio from a Women's Health East webinar, where the presenter outlines that gendered violence includes any violence, harassment, or discrimination based on gender, and notes its disproportionate impact on women, girls, gender-diverse people, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Visual transitions remain subtle and minimal for accessibility.

14/08/2025

Knowing how to take care of our friends and the people around us helps us create meaningful, connected communities. See more advice and strategies for community building driven by disability justice in Get the Go-Ahead: Caring for Our Communities at gtga.org.au

06/08/2025

Sexual harassment in the Victorian public sector is increasing - and some groups are at higher risk than others.

According to the Commission for Gender Equality’s 2025 Insights Report:
▪ 7% of women experienced sexual harassment in 2023
▪ Young women aged 15–24 reported the highest rate (15.4%)
▪ Gender-diverse people (15.6%) and women with disabilities (11.8%) also faced elevated rates

The data, drawn from workplace gender gender equality audits conducted in 2021 and 2023, offers a clearer picture of how this issue is affecting public sector workplaces.

The report also includes:
✔ Practical prevention strategies
✔ Intersectional analysis
✔ Trends across 2021 and 2023 audits

Read the full report at:
https://www.genderequalitycommission.vic.gov.au/insights-report-sexual-harassment

30/07/2025

We're thrilled about the Victorian Government's new virtual women's health clinics! 🎉

Accessing care just got easier for women and gender-diverse people across Victoria. This initiative is a vital step towards closing the gender health gap.

The Virtual Women’s Health Clinic, funded by the Victorian Government, offers free, confidential phone and video consultations with female GPs, nurses and health professionals.

No referral. No travel. Just care that fits around your life.

Services include:

- Cervical screening and contraception
- Menopause and endometriosis support
- Pelvic pain management and general health advice
- Mental health support

This is a welcome step toward more inclusive, accessible and equitable care - especially for those who face barriers getting to a clinic in person.

We are proud to see our key partner, EACH, leading the way.

Available Monday to Friday from 9:00am-5:00pm, by calling 1300 003 224 or via a simple, secure online form on the EACH website: each.com.au/services/virtual-womens-health-clinic.

Each Mary-Anne Thomas MP

28/07/2025

We are proud to support our sister organisation, Women's Health Goulburn North East, to develop a new module for their Gender Equity E-Learning Hub: Creating Safe and Inclusive Public Spaces for Women.

Developed as a report by Women's Health East, it has been adapted for the eLearning Hub.

It demonstrates the role that the design plays in creating spaces that are:
- Safe
- Welcoming
- Accessible for women and non-binary people.

The course considers women's experience of public spaces and highlights the importance of women's voices and expertise in creating spaces that are safe and inclusive for everyone.

The report, and this course, are of particular relevance to those who have a role in urban design and planning, and to anyone with an interest in:
- Gender equity
- The prevention of violence against women
- Lived experience informing practice.

Check out the course on https://www.genderequityhub.com.au/course/whesafepublicspaces and download the full report via the WHE website - https://whe.org.au/creating-safe-and-inclusive-public-spaces-for-women/

25/07/2025

There’s more than one way to communicate and no matter how we do, we all deserve to be heard.

In Caring for Our Communities Hadasah shared faer experience of using a tablet to talk, and the impact other people’s reactions can have. Read more: http://gtga.org.au/

24/07/2025

Last week, women’s Health East partnered with EACH Community Health Service to support 14 women from the Hakha Chin community to complete cervical cancer screening.

With guidance from Hakha Chin bicultural workers, participants were supported through each step of the process, with screenings delivered by nurses from EACH’s Refugee Health team.

This collaboration ensured care was culturally safe, in-language, and responsive to the community’s unique needs.

It marks a meaningful step forward in communities where women face significant barriers to screening including cultural taboos, limited health literacy and a lack of in-language information.

Additional sessions are already being planned to meet growing community demand - a direct result of the trusted, culturally relevant education delivered by our bicultural team.

23/07/2025

The Commission for Gender Equality in the Public Sector has released its 2025 Insights Report, presenting updated data on workplace gender equality across Victoria’s public sector.

Key finding:
In 2023, men continued to earn more than women in every occupation group, with pay gaps ranging from 7.3% to 21.8%. The widest gaps were seen in community services and arts and recreation.

The report includes:
▪ An overview of gender pay gap causes and recent policy developments
▪ A breakdown of data from 2021 and 2023 workplace gender audits
▪ Analysis of how intersecting identities are affected
▪ Steps organisations can take to address inequality

This data is a valuable tool for informing evidence-based accountability and strengthening change across the sector.

To read the full report and see how your workplace compares, visit: https://www.genderequalitycommission.vic.gov.au/insights-report-pay-gap

22/07/2025

The Board of Women’s Health East is delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Phillips as Interim CEO for Women’s Health East, from 20 August 2025.

Kate brings a wealth of experience in the women’s health sector. In her current role as General Manager – Gender Equity at Gen West, she leads a team to deliver outcomes in:

- Prevention of violence against women
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Mental health, and
- Gender equity in Melbourne’s West.

In addition to her current role, Kate has served as Independent Chair of the Eastern Regional Family Violence Partnership (ERFVP), led a team of advisors to develop primary prevention projects at our Watch, and was CEO of YMCA Ballarat.

Kate is widely recognised for her ability to build strong partnerships across diverse settings and for her deep commitment to gender equity and leading high-performing teams. Her collaborative style and strategic insight are highly valued across the Women’s Health Services Network (WHSN).

This marks an exciting new chapter for Women’s Health East. Kate will guide the development of our new strategic plan while continuing to drive progress on our current priorities. With her leadership, we’re confident in maintaining strong momentum toward meaningful change.

So, please join us in warmly welcoming Kate to Women’s Health East.

Fiona Sharkie remains in the Acting CEO role until 29 August and will ensure a smooth handover during the week commencing 20 August. On behalf of the Board, we thank Fiona for her leadership over the past twelve months and for setting WHE up strongly for the future.

18/07/2025

On Tuesday, Women's Health East hosted a collaborative workshop with our women's health service partners from across inner metro Melbourne. The workshop focused on our regional prevention of gender-based violence partnerships. Our regional partnerships are key in bringing together diverse partners from across our regions to collaborate on complex social change. Together, we looked at what’s working, what challenges we share, and how we can strengthen our collaborative efforts across Melbourne moving forward.

Some of the questions we asked:
🔴How do we maintain momentum when primary prevention is being questioned?
🔴How can we be brave in trying, testing and learning to support innovative practice?
🔴How do we continue to set the bar and raise it on what effective place-based primary prevention practice looks and feels like?
🔴How do we be influential in creating change around the complex social issue of gender inequality?
🔴How do we continue to bring leaders together and advocate for them to act as enablers of this change?

Women's Health in the South East
WHIN - Women's Health in the North
GenWest

11/07/2025

Women’s Health East is incredibly proud to launch our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.

At Women’s Health East, our vision is to improve health outcomes for all women - this includes a deep commitment to improving the health, wellbeing, and safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Reconciliation for us means listening deeply, learning continuously, and walking alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the spirit of respect, truth, and justice.

This plan marks our next step forward - over the next two years, we’ll focus on building stronger relationships with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, embedding cultural learning across our organisation, and ensuring our programs and advocacy are guided by the voices and leadership of First Nations people.

We thank the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have guided us so far, and we look forward to continuing to walk this path together.

https://whe.org.au/womens-health-east-launches-our-innovate-reconciliation-action-plan/

07/07/2025

As Training for Respect wraps up, Women’s Health East and our partners at are proud to reflect on the successes and impacts of the project.

Did you know…

According to the latest national survey, 41% of women and 26% of men in Australia reported experiencing workplace sexual harassment in the past five years. The education and training sector accounted for nearly half of all reported incidents – highlighting the need for focused, sector-wide action. Through Training for Respect, we’ve worked closely with TAFEs and RTOs to support their efforts to create safer, more respectful workplaces.

This project addressed work-related gendered violence, including sexual harassment, in the Victorian vocational education and training sector. We developed a suite of resources for the sector including online eLearning modules, face-to-face training, a theory of change, a prevalence study, and a referral pathway.

These tools are designed to address the root causes of gendered violence and help Victorian TAFEs and RTOs build safer, more respectful workplaces.

👉 Learn more at www.trainingforrespect.com
👉 Need tailored support? Discover our training and consulting services at www.whe.org.au/services/

This project was supported by WorkWell’s Respect Fund.
Data source: www.humanrights.gov.au/time-for-respect-2022

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