Women advised to get vaccinated following rise in flu cases

Hospitals are seeing an increase in people with flu-like symptoms, and health experts are urging the community to take action now.
Violence, reproductive issues and childcare: Report identifies the barriers keeping women out of work

A major new national report confirms what many women have long known – reproductive health issues, chronic illness, and experiences of violence have a serious and often hidden impact on women’s ability to stay in paid work. The Women at work: Health impacts on current paid workforce participation: Major Report 2025 draws on data from […]
What’s in the NSW Budget for the Illawarra’s women?

Everything you need to know about how the NSW Budget affects women.
Australia releases first national guidelines for miscarriage and early pregnancy loss

A key update is the revised definition of recurrent miscarriage: now recognised as two or more losses, not necessarily consecutive.
UK votes to decriminalise abortion

“We believe women around the globe should have safe, timely, legal and affordable access to abortion.”
Things you should know about bladder control that no one tells you

“It might be common, but that doesn’t mean it’s normal or something you just have to live with.”
Illawarra Women’s Health Centre now listed on new health service finder

The website is free to use and shows services like contraception, abortion care, menopause support, and STI checks.
Frontline services chronically underfunded despite NSW legal reform package

“Our services are stretched. Our books are full. This package provides some important support, but without an increase in the total funding envelope, it doesn’t match the scale of what’s required.”
Seeking expressions of interest from women who grew up in care

The group aims to provide an informal and welcoming environment where women with similar backgrounds can share stories, reduce isolation, and build peer support.
The things we learnt sitting in discomfort at the showing of Such a Resounding Silence

The screening of the confronting and courageous documentary Such a Resounding Silence saw more than 100 people turn out to raise awareness and support victims of incest.