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 Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Ged Kearney MP, is chair of the council.

Name	Organisation	Council Role
Professor Gita Mishra Co-director	Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH)	Member
Associate Professor Ines Rio Member	Australian Medical Association	Member
Ms Lorna Scott Member	Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation	Member
Ms Bonney Corbin Executive Chair	Australian Women’s Health Alliance	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
Dr Dawn Casey Deputy Chief Executive Officer	National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)	Member
Ms Keli McDonald Chief Executive Officer	National Rural Women’s Coalition	Member
Dr Fei Sim President	Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Member
Dr Gillian Gibson 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 Danielle Mazza AM FAHMS Director	SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care	Member
Professor Robyn Norton AO Founding Director	The George Institute for Global Health	Member
Professor Zoe Wainer Honorary Enterprise Professor	University of Melbourne	Member
Professor Cathy Vaughan Director	University of Melbourne, Nossal Institute for Global Health	Member
Professor Deb Loxton Member Co-director (ALSWH)	Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network ALSWH	Member
Ms Bronwyn Morris‑Donovan Chief Executive Officer	Allied Health Professions Australia	Special Adviser
Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine Chief Executive Officer	Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)	Special Adviser
Ms Helen White Chief Executive Officer	Australian College of Midwives	Special Adviser
Associate Professor Aliza Werner Seidler	Black Dog Institute	Special Adviser
Ms Linda Kensington Chief Executive Officer	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
Professor Susan Davis AO Director	Monash University Women’s Health Research Program	Special Adviser
Ms Leah Van Poppel Principal Member	Independent Advisory Council to the National Disability Insurance Scheme	Special Adviser
Ms Shannon Calvert Consumer Co-chair	National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum	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
Ms Sandy Gillies Chief Executive Officer	Western Queensland Primary Health Network	Special Adviser

Meetings

The council will meet up to 4 times a year, face-to-face or virtually.

Communiques

National Women’s Health Advisory Council – Communiques

This collection contains communiques from the National Women’s Health Advisory Council.

Reports

#EndGenderBias survey

The National Women’s Health Advisory Council conducted the #EndGenderBias survey to better understand the unique barriers and gender bias women face in Australia’s healthcare system. We heard from: