Women's Health East

Women's Health East Equality, empowerment, health and wellbeing for all women In addition Women's Health East receives funding for specific projects.

Women’s Health East is a regional women’s health promotion agency working across the Eastern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne. We work with stakeholders to build the capacity of services and programs in the region to ensure they optimally address issues affecting women. Women’s Health East works predominantly in gender-based health promotion, which involves:

- Providing leadership around women’s

health issues of regional significance and facilitating integrated responses
- Working in partnership with local governments, health and community agencies and other stakeholders to promote gender-based health promotion and service delivery, and to improve service system access and responsiveness for women
- Shaping responses to the promotion of women’s health and wellbeing through research, advocacy and consultancy
- Providing information and advice to key stakeholders in order to raise awareness of health and wellbeing issues experienced by women and to promote women’s health and wellbeing
- Delivering training and education programs for our partner organisations on women's health issues and gender sensitivity in planning and service delivery. Women’s Health East also works directly with women in order to ground our work and to:

- Understand women’s health and wellbeing issues
- Support and strengthen our health promotion
- Identify and inform responses to service system gaps

The organisation is a not-for-profit incorporated association, and receives the majority of its funding through the Department of Health. This funding comes from a variety of sources including philanthropic trusts, community grants and other areas of government including local government. To view our Community Guidelines for Facebook, click here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/womens-health-east/community-guidelines/492680197472369

Looking for a fun and welcoming space for your little ones to play and connect? Join us this term at Brushy’s Playgroup ...
10/08/2026

Looking for a fun and welcoming space for your little ones to play and connect? Join us this term at Brushy’s Playgroup at ADRA Community Care Centre.

📅 Every Thursday during Term 3
🕒 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 ADRA Community Care Centre, 3505 Warburton Hwy, Warburton

Our weekly playgroup is a great opportunity for kids to explore, play, and make new friends—while parents and carers can connect in a relaxed and supportive environment.

This Thursday!
🐾 13 August – Wildlife Encounter with Black Snake Productions

We’ll also have more fun, free activities popping up throughout the term—stay tuned for what’s coming next.

Come along any week - we’d love to see you there! 💛

For more information contact Kate at ADRA - 5966 2320

The 2026 Census includes new questions about sexual orientation and gender for people aged 16 and over.This is a signifi...
09/08/2026

The 2026 Census includes new questions about sexual orientation and gender for people aged 16 and over.

This is a significant change. Until now, the Census has not directly asked people about their sexual orientation or gender - leaving gaps in what we know about Australia’s LGBTIQ+ communities.

Census data informs research, advocacy, policy development and the planning of health and community services. More inclusive data can help build a clearer picture of our communities and support action that better reflects people’s lives and needs.

Both new questions include a “prefer not to answer” option and were developed following public consultation, engagement and testing.

We welcome this important step towards greater visibility and inclusion in Australia’s national data.

Being counted is not the end of the work. But it matters.

Learn more: https://info.census.abs.gov.au/help/information-lgbtiq-community

There are some exciting activities planned for Brushy's Playgroup this term! 🧸Looking for a fun and welcoming space for ...
06/08/2026

There are some exciting activities planned for Brushy's Playgroup this term! 🧸

Looking for a fun and welcoming space for your little ones to play and connect? Join us this term at Brushy’s Playgroup at ADRA Community Care Centre.

📅 Every Thursday during Term 3
🕒 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
📍 ADRA Community Care Centre, 3505 Warburton Hwy, Warburton

Our weekly playgroup is a great opportunity for kids to explore, play, and make new friends—while parents and carers can connect in a relaxed and supportive environment.

Special FREE activities this term:
🐾 13 August – Wildlife Encounter with Black Snake Productions (11 am-12 pm)
🎶 3 September – Movement, singing and dance session with Little Petals Wellbeing
🎨 10 September – Kids Arts Class with Wenona

Come along any week - we’d love to see you there! 💛

For more information, contact Kate at ADRA - 5966 2320

We’re hiring a Manager, Communications and Engagement to join our Executive Leadership Group.This newly created role is ...
05/08/2026

We’re hiring a Manager, Communications and Engagement to join our Executive Leadership Group.

This newly created role is an opportunity to:
• Shape strategic communications and advocacy
• Build strong partnerships
• Strengthen our voice and influence
• Lead talented teams
• Drive lasting change for women and gender diverse people across Melbourne’s east

We would love to hear from experienced, values-led leaders who think strategically, bring people together around a shared purpose and know how to turn ideas into influence.

📍 Doncaster East
🕒 Full time, with 0.8 to 0.9 FTE considered
🏠 Flexible hybrid working available

Learn more and apply via https://www.ethicaljobs.com.au/members/WHE/manager-communications-and-engagement

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, women with disability, women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and LGBTIQA+ women, including trans women and gender diverse people.

Workplace policies that appear fair can still create barriers for people.Applying an intersectional gender lens means co...
05/08/2026

Workplace policies that appear fair can still create barriers for people.

Applying an intersectional gender lens means considering how gender interacts with factors such as race, disability, age, sexuality, cultural background, caring responsibilities and socioeconomic position.

It helps organisations ask:

- Who benefits from this policy or decision?
- Who may experience additional barriers?
- Whose experiences informed it?
- Who is missing from the data or consultation?

These questions can help uncover barriers across recruitment, promotion, flexible work, workplace safety and leadership opportunities.

Because workplace systems do not affect everyone equally. Creating equitable workplaces begins with recognising who may be excluded and involving those most affected in shaping the response.

The responsibility for identifying and addressing barriers should not rest solely with people who experience them. Creating workplaces that are fair, accessible and equitable is a shared responsibility.

We all have a role to play, particularly those with the power to influence workplace policies, systems and decisions.

This Disability Pride Month, we recognise the long history of advocacy by people with disability and the organisations t...
24/07/2026

This Disability Pride Month, we recognise the long history of advocacy by people with disability and the organisations that represent them. Their leadership must continue to shape the policies, services and systems that affect their lives.

This month, we made a submission to inform the next Victorian State Disability Plan and Victorian Autism Plan for 2027 to 2031.

Drawing on evidence from our Margins to the Mainstream and Get the Go Ahead projects, our submission highlights the importance of addressing gender inequality and ableism together.

Our evidence shows that meaningful change requires:

- Sustained, paid opportunities for people with disability to shape and lead prevention
- Genuine co-design and consultation and shared decision making that is transparent, accessible and safe
- Accessible communication, universal design and flexible ways to participate
- Ongoing workforce capacity building led by lived experience
- Long term investment in intersectional prevention

Through Margins to the Mainstream, sixteen women with disabilities participated as Experts, building their confidence to advocate for change and influence organisational policies, training and approaches.

Through Get the Go Ahead, 93% of Disabled young people said creating resources with Disabled young people made them more useful, relevant and trustworthy.

The evidence is clear. Intersectional prevention led by lived experience works.

This Disability Pride Month, we reaffirm our commitment to listening, learning and working in partnership with people with disability to build safer, fairer and more inclusive communities.

You can find more resources – including the videos featuring lived experience experts – via the links below:

Margins to the Mainstream: https://whe.org.au/tfer/margins-to-the-mainstream/resources/

Get The Go Ahead: https://gtga.org.au/

Are you a Chinese parent of a child under two living in Knox?您是居住在 Knox、育有两岁以下孩子的华人父母吗？The arrival of a new baby can be ...
22/07/2026

Are you a Chinese parent of a child under two living in Knox?

您是居住在 Knox、育有两岁以下孩子的华人父母吗？

The arrival of a new baby can be exciting, but it can also bring new challenges for you and your relationship.

新生命的到来令人喜悦，但也可能为夫妻关系带来新的挑战。

We’re inviting Chinese mothers and fathers to join Building Strong Families, a free series of four weekly sessions where you can:

我们诚邀华人父母参加 “建立美好健康新家庭”活动，这是一个免费的四周系列课程，在这里您可以：

- Connect with other local families 与本地华人家庭建立联系
- Learn practical strategies 学习实用的育儿与关系技巧
- Strengthen your relationship in a welcoming and supportive environment 在温暖、有支持的环境中提升夫妻关系

Babies and young children are welcome to attend. 欢迎宝宝一同参加。

📍地址：Orana Neighbourhood House, 62 Coleman Road, Wantirna South

📅 Thursdays, 20 August, 27 August, 3 September and 10 September

📅 星期四：2026年8 月 20 日、8 月 27 日、9 月 3 日、9 月 10 日

⏰ 6:00pm to 7:30pm

⏰ 晚上 6:00 至 7:30

🍽️ Light supper provided

🍽️ 提供简单晚餐

名额有限，请通过以下链接进行报名：Places are limited. Register using the links below:

普通话报名： Mandarin registration: https://forms.onice.com/r/NqJ072R5Yuhttps://forms.onice.com/r/NqJ072R5Yu

英文报名： English registration: https://forms.onice.com/r/ymV90VVAYzhttps://forms.onice.com/r/ymV90VVAYz

This project has been supported by a grant from the Knox City Council Community Development Fund. 本项目由 Knox 市政厅社区发展基金资助。

#东区妇女健康 #社区支持 #华人家庭

On Monday 27 July, a national test of Australia’s new emergency warning system, AusAlert, will be sent to mobile devices...
20/07/2026

On Monday 27 July, a national test of Australia’s new emergency warning system, AusAlert, will be sent to mobile devices across the country.

We are sharing this information because the test may create a safety risk for people experiencing family violence who have a hidden phone or another device as part of their safety plan.

In Victoria, the alert will be sent at 2 pm. Compatible devices may vibrate, light up and play a loud, siren-like sound for approximately 10 seconds.

If you have a hidden or secondary phone, tablet, smartwatch or other safety device that needs to remain undiscovered:
- Turn the device off or switch it to aeroplane mode by 1pm on Monday 27 July
- Keep it turned off or in aeroplane mode for 24 hours after the test
- Consider every device that may receive the alert, including phones, tablets, smartwatches and children’s safety watches

Silent mode and ‘do not disturb’ will not stop this alert. As the test is a Critical Alert, it cannot be disabled through your device settings.

Where it is safe to do so, please share this information discreetly with anyone who may need it.

For further safety information, visit:
https://www.ausalert.gov.au/community-resources/staying-safe-ausalert

If you are in immediate danger, call Triple Zero on 000.

For confidential family violence support, contact Safe Steps on 1800 015 188 or 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732.

Women’s healthcare is getting better, so you can too, with online care options and FREE women’s health services across t...
15/07/2026

Women’s healthcare is getting better, so you can too, with online care options and FREE women’s health services across the state. Find your nearest clinic and learn more at womenshealth.vic.gov.au

This NAIDOC Week, we are taking time to listen, learn and celebrate the creativity, knowledge and storytelling of First ...
10/07/2026

This NAIDOC Week, we are taking time to listen, learn and celebrate the creativity, knowledge and storytelling of First Nations people.

As part of this, our team has shared some First Nations artists, songs, authors and books that have moved us, taught us, challenged us or stayed with us.

From music that celebrates identity, Country and culture, to books that deepen understanding of history, truth-telling, feminism, resilience and self-determination, these recommendations are a small way to keep listening beyond NAIDOC Week.

We encourage you to explore the artists, songs and stories shared here, and to continue seeking out, supporting and learning from First Nations voices.

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