National Women’s Health Advisory Council

Role

The National Women’s Health Advisory Council provides advice to the government on priority health issues for women and girls in Australia.

The council also provides advice and recommendations on the implementation of the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030. This strategy outlines a national approach to reducing inequalities and improving the health of women and girls in Australia.

Terms of reference

National Women’s Health Advisory Council – Terms of reference

The National Women’s Health Advisory Council terms of reference provide details on its roles and responsibilities. The terms of reference were endorsed at the first meeting of the council on 20 February 2023.

Members

The council is chaired by the Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Ged Kearney MP.

Name	Organisation	Council Role
Professor Gita Mishra Co-director	Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH)	Member
Ms Lorna Scott Member	Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation	Member
Dr Danielle McMullen Vice President	Australian Medical Association	Member
Ms Bonney Corbin Executive Chair	Australian Women’s Health Network	Member
Dr Elizabeth Deveny Chief Executive Officer	Consumers Health Forum	Member
Dr Sarah L. White Chief Executive Officer	Jean Hailes for Women’s Health	Member
Dr Adele Murdolo Executive Director	Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health	Member
Ms Donnella Mills Chair	National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)	Member
Ms Keli McDonald Chief Executive Officer	National Rural Women’s Coalition	Member
Dr Benjamin Bopp President	Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)	Member
Dr Sue Matthews Chief Executive Officer	Royal Women’s Hospital	Member
Professor Robyn Norton AO Principal Director	The George Institute for Global Health	Member
Professor Cathy Vaughan Unit Head, Gender and Women’s Health Unit	University of Melbourne, Centre for Health Equity (WHO Collaborating Centre on Women’s Health)	Member
Professor Deb Loxton Member Co-director (ALSWH)	Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network ALSWH	Member
Ms Carolyn Frohmader Executive Director	Women with Disabilities Australia	Member
Professor Zoe Wainer Honorary Enterprise Professor	University of Melbourne	Member
Ms Bronwyn Morris‑Donovan Chief Executive Officer	Allied Health Professions Australia	Special Adviser
Ms Helen White Chief Executive Officer	Australian College of Midwives	Special Adviser
Ms Padma Raman PSM Chief Executive Officer	Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)	Special Adviser
Associate Professor Aliza Werner Seidler	Black Dog Institute	Special Adviser
Ms Katherine Isbister Chief Executive Officer CRANAplus	Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (CRANA)	Special Adviser
Ms Nyadol Nyuon OAM Chair	Harmony Alliance	Special Adviser
Professor Cath Chamberlain Head	Indigenous Health Equity Unit, University of Melbourne	Special Adviser
Ms Nicky Bath Chief Executive Officer	LGBTIQ+ Health Australia	Special Adviser
Ms Shannon Calvert Consumer Co-chair	National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum	Special Adviser
Professor Susan Davis AO Director	Monash University Women’s Health Research Program	Special Adviser
Professor Angela Dawson Associate Dean Research, University of Technology Sydney	Public Health Association of Australia	Special Adviser
Ms Nadia Levin Chief Executive Officer	Research Australia	Special Adviser
Dr Nicole Higgins President	Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)	Special Adviser
Professor Danielle Mazza Director	SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care	Special Adviser

Meetings

The Council will meet up to 6 times a year, face-to-face or virtually.

Communiqués

National Women’s Health Advisory Council communique – 20 February 2023

This communique outlines the outcomes from the first meeting of the Council on 20 February.

Contact

Last updated:

15 March 2023

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