Meetings

Meetings of Interest – Instructions

If you would like to organize a MWIA event or to have MWIA as co-organzier, please follow these instructions. All MWIA events will be advertised in this space.

Organizers of MWIA online events need to:

a) follow these guidelines

b) fill out this google form

c) ensure CV of speakers is introduced using this CV template.

Meetings of Interest – Upcoming events

The 17th Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Women Doctors Association will be held on 4 November 2023.

MWIA Near East and Africa Regional Congress is scheduled on 8-10 May 2024 at the Radisson Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia. Theme of the Congress: “Upscaling Health Equity through Partnership, Innovation and Research”. For more information, please contact: mwaz.zambia@gmail.com

The Philippines Medical Women’s Association will host the Western Pacific Regional Conference in Cebu, Philippines 18-20 July 2024.

10th Central Asia Regional Congress 2024 hosted by the Thai Medical Women’s Association (TMWA) and Association of Medical Women in India (AMWI). It will be held 22-24 August 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) will be celebrating its 100th Anniversary on September 26-28, 2024 in Ottawa, so please mark your calendars. As part of the Celebration, FMWC has announced a Commemorative Scarf Design Competition with the deadline of submission of the images/designs before March 8, 2024. For more details, please see the September 2024 Report from Canada.

Meetings of Interest – Past events

AMWA Annual Meeting: AMWA Innovates

AMWA congratulates our inaugural Linda Brodsky Memorial Grant Recipients: Dr. Milica Bjelic and Dr. Wendy Bernstein (Sex-Related Healthcare Inequities in Left Ventricular Device Surgery) and Nidhi Patel (Narrowing the Gap for Female Physician-Scientists in Training).

AMWA invites MWIA members to attend this online event.

Date: 24th – 26th March, 2022

The link for registration: http://www.cvent.com/events/amwa-leads-2021-virtual-meeting/event-summary-84bb608805f248c59282de083b77e0d5.aspx?fqp=true

For more information, please contact AMWA: program@amwa-doc.org

The 67th Annual General Meeting of Japan Medical Women’s Association 

Date: 15th May, 2022, Tokyo

Sex and Gender Health Educational Summit

Date: 12th – 14th November, 2021, USA

For more information, email: https://www.sghesummit.com/

The Corrie Herrmann symposium

Date: 2nd of October, 2021, Netherlands

For more information, email: vnvamail@vnva.nl

Pandemic and Gender Medicine: Prevention and Health Promotion Rethought

Date: 18th of September, 8:30 am-12.30 pm (German time)

Participation is free of charge.

The link to the programme: https://www.gendermed-congress.com/program_18-09-2021

The link for registration: https://www.wiko-greifswald.de/daten/kalender-event-news/anmelde-seiten/englische-anmeldungen/registration-pandemie-und-gender-medizin/

More info can be found in the flyer: download here.

Mentoring and Leadership Special Interest Group Webinar 2

Date: July 31, 2021
Time: 7AM EST // 11AM GMT // 9PM AEST//
Theme: “Mentees and younger doctors – finding a mentor and what to expect”
Saturday July 31st, 2021 7AM EST // 11AM GMT // 9PM AEST//
Duration: 90 minutes

For those of you who could not attend, the webinar was recorded and can be found on our youtube channel: https://youtu.be/N49as6TREig

MWIA Work Life Balance Special Interest Group Webinar 1

Date: Saturday, 27 February, 2021
Time: Feb 27, 2021 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time
Theme: Achieving work life balance during the Covid-19 pandemic

For those of you who could not attend, the webinar was recorded and can be found on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_hW8o0Qh84&t=18s

MWIA Work Life Balance Special Interest Group Webinar

Date: Saturday, 27 February, 2021
Time: Feb 27, 2021 11:00 Greenwich Mean Time
Theme: Achieving work life balance during the Covid-19 pandemic

Moderators: Helen Goodyear and Yoshiko Maeda (CO-Chairs, MWIA Work Life Balance Special Interest Group)

Speakers

  1. What is work life balance and why is it important- Dr Obianma Nneka Onya (Nigeria) 
  2. Doctors wellbeing – Prof Bettina Pfleiderer (Germany)
  3. Burnout amongst women doctors – Prof Padmini Murthy (USA) 
  4. Balancing employment and life – A/Prof Deb Colville (Australia)
  5. Achieving a balanced work life balance in the midst of COVID-19- Dr Clarissa Fabre (UK) Keynote speaker
  6. Virtual meeting fatigue – Dr Dabota Yvonne Buowari (Nigeria)
  7. Panel session with all speakers