Women's Health Northern Rivers

21/11/2025

Voting closes tomorrow!

Cast your vote here: https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/vote-now-word-of-the-year-2025/

07/11/2025

🧡 Registration is now open for the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women Summit on 10 December 2025!

Join us for three powerful sessions focused on the critical role of male allies in preventing and addressing gender-based violence. Hear from global experts and changemakers sharing innovative approaches to allyship.

🎟️ Registration fees:
US$25 General | US$20 Members | US$10 Students
All proceeds, less fees, go to the Zonta Foundation for Women International Service Fund.

🎥 Recordings will be available to all registrants.
🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/4ookLEK

06/11/2025

We are currently looking for a Social Worker to join our vibrant team. Is this you or somebody you know? Please feel free to share to your networks. All the details can be found here: https://whnr.org.au/our-people/

03/11/2025

“The voices of people who have experienced violence have revealed the scale of harm, shown how systems can entrench disadvantage, and pushed governments to act where silence once prevailed.”

The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission’s Yearly Report calls for stronger systems leadership and action to embed lived and living experience in all aspects of Australia’s response to violence.

The Commission has outlined three key recommendations to build national frameworks and tools that make engagement with lived experience safe, respectful and effective:

🌱 The Commission’s Lived Experience Advisory Council will lead the development a Lived Experience Engagement Framework and Toolkit

🌱 The Commission, in collaboration with the Lived Experience Advisory Council, will develop a Lived Experience Evaluation Framework

🌱 The Commission will undertake a national audit of lived experience engagement


The report draws on ANROWS research by Dr Lisa Wheildon, “Towards meaningful engagement: Key findings for survivor co-production of public policy on gender-based violence” (2023), which sets out practical steps for safe, inclusive and trauma-aware engagement.

✨Together, this work strengthens the foundations for genuine co-production in policy and practice.

🎓 Learn more:

📘 Read the Commission’s 2025 Yearly Report https://www.dfsvc.gov.au/yearly-report-2025

📗 Read Wheildon & ANROWS (2023): https://www.anrows.org.au/publication/towards-meaningful-engagement-key-findings-for-survivor-co-production-of-public-policy-on-gender-based-violence/

🎥 Watch our webinar ‘Working with the knowledge of experts by experience’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q97D0sBwQvU

03/11/2025

Sexual choking, or non-fatal sexual strangulation, is becoming more common among young people—but often misunderstood. Learn about the serious health risks, gendered dynamics, and why true, informed consent means knowing there’s no safe way to practise sexual strangulation.

30/10/2025

We loved connecting with everyone at Wellbeing Day today! Huge thanks to all who dropped by for a chat and got creative with our nature-based activities facilitated by our Counsellor, Adel. Special shoutout to Seth and Lara from Silt Studio for their generous clay donation - your support helped bring the magic to life!

29/10/2025

Come and find us at Wellbeing Day under the big marquee at the car park end of the Quad 🌸

29/10/2025

We’re at the Quad for Wellbeing Day with so many other amazing community organisations - come and say hi 🌸

29/10/2025

Hi all, We're on the look out for a Group Program and Partnerships Coordinator. You can find all the information on the Jobs section of our website: https://whnr.org.au/our-people/

Please feel free to share with your friends and family.

25/10/2025

23/10/2025

This bag was found at the Quad during Reclaim the Night on Wednesday. Please call on 6621 9800 if it belongs to you. It can be picked up at our office 60 Uralba Street, Lismore