National Women’s Health Advisory Council

The National Women’s Health Advisory Council provides the Australian Government with advice and recommendations to improve health outcomes for women and girls in Australia. The council also provides advice on the implementation of the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030.

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

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

Contact

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