Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership – Community of Practice (CoP) meetings: A/Prof Magdalena Simonis attended various meetings to discuss strategies for colleges to adopt a gender equity and diversity in leadership / medicine strategy. Tools are available from their CoP site. These are available to advocate for women in colleges facing obstacles.
AMWA MWIA joint workshop 29th May 2024: The Role of Women’s Leadership in Advancing Gender Equity and Workplace Wellbeing.
Attended virtually by M Simonis of AFMW. Spoke regarding the Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership (AWHL) program in Australia, AFMW’s partnership with AWHL
President’s Chat: June 12th 2024: AFMW President, Dr Sarah Coll’s Chat with Prof Caroline de Costa.
ACT & Regional MWS June 2024: The Winter Solstice was celebrated by the ACT and Region
Medical Women’s Society in Canberra with fun games, raffles, auctions and a quiz to raise money for the small charities we support.
WP MWIA Meeting June 15th 2024: AFMW represented by Dr Kate Duncan AM and Dr Marjorie Cross OAM (M Simonis – apologies).
Women’s Health and Wellbeing fundraiser June 30th: M Simonis spoke on women’s
preventative health and wellbeing at a Cancer Australia fundraiser – the community event raised $6500 for the Cancer Council
Purple Bush Medicine Leaves Bursary Project 2024
MWIA WP Regional Conference in the Philippines 11th -13th July: Attended by M Cross, M Simonis, Desiree Yap, M Daniels, G Casper.
Prof Gabrielle Casper was the recipient of the prestigious Kyung Ah Park Award.
A hospital visit was arranged by Professor Vivian Chiu PMWA.
Fig 1. Hospital visit arranged by Professor Vivian Chiu