The Medical Women’s Federation (MWF) has just elected a new Honorary Secretary, Dr Becs Winterborn, following the very sad death of Dr Anthea Mowat. Anthea was a much-loved member of the Executive who was involved in many BMA committees, and particularly stood up for...
The 5th Annual Women in Medicine in Ireland Network (WIMIN) Conference was held in Limerick on Saturday, 7th October. With 150 in-person registrations and up to 50 attendees online, this was our biggest attendance to date. We were delighted to welcome student members...
Since the Annual General Meeting in May this year the new president of the Medical Women’s Federation (MWF) is Professor Scarlett McNally, an orthopaedic surgeon and mother of four. Scarlett writes a piece for the British Medical Journal (BMJ) every month on topical...
In April, the board of KLF (Swedish Medical Women Association), with its five new board members, had its annual weekend-long board meeting, discussing interesting and important issues to address this upcoming year in our work to reach gender equal health care as well...
The Women in Medicine in Ireland Network (WiMIN) is preparing for its annual conference, which will be held in Limerick city on Saturday 7th October, 2023, from 10am to 5pm IST. Our theme for the conference is “Challenging Conversations”, and we will be discussing...
The Finnish Medical Women’s Association (FMWA) held its annual meeting on March 1st, 2023, in Helsinki. After the COVID-19 restrictions it was highly appreciated that we were able to meet in person. A new board was elected in the annual meeting and Dr Paula Pihlaja...
