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Women's Health and Equality Queensland

Women’s Health and Equality Qld are leaders in women’s health, gender equity and primary prevention.

We provide Queensland women and gender-diverse people with counselling, therapeutic groups and women’s health services for experiences of violence, as well as professional education, community programs & structural reform.

01/12/2025

“The first principle of recovery is the empowerment of the survivor. The person must be the author and arbiter of their own recovery. Others may offer advice, support, assistance, affection, and care, but not cure”

— Judith Lewis Herman

30/11/2025

It's important for you to feel informed and empowered in your healthcare decisions. To do that, you need access to information that is safe, trustworthy, and easy to understand.

✨ The Women’s Health & Equality Information Hub provides reliable and easily accessible health information with a gendered lens.

Whether you’re:

🌿 wanting to understand your own health better
🌿 supporting a friend
🌿 or simply interested in learning more about health and healthcare

our Health Hub is a safe place to get informed.

Knowledge is empowering. And when we understand our health, we’re better equipped to make choices that support healing, safety, and wellbeing.

Explore the Health Hub at womenshealth.org.au.

29/11/2025

We can't talk about gender and trauma informed care without giving a special mention to our own 1800 4 WOMEN phone counselling line.

☎️ 1800 4 WOMEN offers free phone counselling to women and gender diverse people in Queensland. Delivered by counsellors and midwives who specialise in trauma and gender informed care.

We create a space where you are listened to, believed, and supported with dignity. Every call is confidential and non-judgemental — plus you don’t need a referral.

We can support you with:

📞 Mental health concerns
📞 Midwife advice and pregnancy support
📞 Grief and loss
📞 Domestic and sexual violence recovery

With 1800 4 WOMEN, you’ll speak to the same qualified counsellor or midwife each session. You choose appointment times that work for you, no travel required, and it’s completely free.

Help is closer than you think.

Find out more at wheq.org.au/1800-4-WOMEN
Or call 1800 496 636

Please note: 1800 4 WOMEN is not a crisis service and does not offer medical diagnoses or prescriptions. If you are in immediate danger, please call 000.

28/11/2025

The way we respond to trauma matters. When services understand trauma, and how to support people who have experienced it, they can create safer, more empowering spaces.

Trauma-informed care starts with six key principles:

🌿 Safety: Creating physical, emotional, and cultural environments where people feel secure and respected.

🤝 Trust: Being open, honest, and predictable in every interaction so people know what to expect.

🌱 Choice: Offering options and supporting people to make decisions about their own care.

🧩 Collaboration: Working with people, valuing their input, and recognising them as experts in their own lives.

💪 Empowerment: Focusing on strengths, building confidence, and supporting people to regain control.

🌏 Respect for diversity: Acknowledging that culture, identity, and lived experience shape how trauma is understood and healed, and continually learning to provide inclusive, respectful care.

26/11/2025

📢 16 Days of Activism: Day 3!

to the beginnings of WHEQ 🌱

Founded in 1982, the idea for our organisation came out of a consciousness-raising group for women who were concerned about the lack of services specifically catering for the health needs of women. The founders wanted to see high quality, free and accessible healthcare and information for women in the state of Queensland. They believed accessible health information was necessary to destigmatise women’s healthcare, and that this would enable Queensland women to make informed decisions about their own lives. ❤

26/11/2025

Today, on day 2 of 16 Days of Activism, we're asking what is trauma?

Trauma is complex and it doesn’t just happen in life-threatening moments. It can arise from any experience that overwhelms your sense of safety or control. It can affect your body, your emotions, your memory, your relationships, and the way you move through the world.

The Centre of Australia defines trauma as 'a psychological wound that has occurred due to a person’s perception of a stressful event.'

Trauma isn’t just about what happened; it’s about how it was experienced. And everyone responds differently.

By understanding trauma, we can create safer, more compassionate communities that support healing and recovery for all.

☎ Support is available:
If you are in immediate danger, please call 000.
Or call Lifeline on 13 11 14 for crisis support.

❤ If you're a woman or gender-diverse person in Queensland, you can access free telephone counselling through 1800 4 WOMEN (1800 496 636).
(1800 4 WOMEN is not a crisis service and does not offer medical diagnoses or prescriptions.)

26/11/2025

🔔 Introducing our Free GP Services!

We are so excited to announce our partnership with Dr Julie O'Brien and Inclusive Health to offer free and accessible GP services for women and gender-diverse people in the Brisbane community!

Located at our South Brisbane Counselling Centre, Dr Julie will run our GP clinic every Wednesday from 9am to 1pm starting today, Wednesday 26 November. Bookings must be made directly through Inclusive Health.

About the service:
🔎 Who: Accessible to all women and gender-diverse people in Brisbane.
🔎 What: GP services including check ups, preventative healthcare, health screenings and more.
🔎 When: Every Wednesday 9am–1pm.
🔎 Where: 63 Ernest Street, South Brisbane (WHEQ Healing and Recovery Centre).
🔎 How: Bookings must be made directly through Inclusive Health.

To book your appointment, contact directly at:
📱Phone: (07) 3013 6050
📧Email: admin@inclusivehealth.org.au
🌐Website: www.inclusivehealth.org.au/

And request 'WHEQ' as your location.

25/11/2025

Today is the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence! This year, we’re putting the spotlight on trauma and gender informed care.

Trauma affects people in many ways, and gender shapes how that trauma is experienced, how people seek help, and how systems respond. When services understand this, they can better support women and gender-diverse people to feel safe, respected, and heard.

At Women’s Health & Equality Queensland, we’re committed to creating environments where people feel in control of their own healing. Over the next 16 days we'll be sharing insights, resources and stories all about trauma and gender informed care.

Together, we can create a world where every woman and gender-diverse person feels safe, supported, and empowered.

24/11/2025

🌸 Perinatal Mental Health Week reminds us that while pregnancy and early parenthood can be filled with joy, it can also bring unexpected challenges and changes.

❤ If you're a new parent seeking perinatal mental health support – has resources and services available to you.

☎ And, for women and gender-diverse people in Queensland, our 1800 4 WOMEN service provides free phone counselling and midwifery support when you need it.

1800 4 WOMEN can support you with:
💟 Non-crisis mental health support
💟 Midwifery support and advice

As well as:
💟Grief and loss counselling following miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death
💟 Specialist domestic, family, and sexual violence counselling
💟 Referral services

You're not alone, help is available.

20/11/2025

Today, on Trans Day of Remembrance, we honor and remember the lives of transgender and gender-diverse people who have been lost to violence and discrimination.

This day is a solemn reminder of the urgent need to stand against transphobia and to advocate for equality, safety, and dignity for all.

At Women's Health and Equality Queensland, we support the freedom of trans and gender-diverse people to be themselves, to have bodily autonomy and access to healthcare and to be safe in their communities.

19/11/2025

Women and girls in rural and regional Queensland need your help. ❤

Our 1800 4 WOMEN Ambassador Pip Courtney explains how your donation supports women and girls this holiday season.

Donate today at wheq.org.au/donate

17/11/2025

🌠Our vision is for all women to be equitably resourced, healthy, safe and thriving.

We are dedicated to breaking down barriers and challenging societal norms that hinder women's progress, striving to create a world where every woman can flourish with equal opportunities and access to essential resources.

✨⭐

Address

63 Ernest Street
Brisbane, QLD
4014

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://wheq.org.au/, https://linktr.ee/wheq.org.au

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