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Abortion is legal in Australia, but access isn’t always equal. Here are the options available in NSW, and where to get confidential, non-judgmental support
Abortion is legal everywhere in Australia, but your access to it may still depend on which hospital or clinic you walk into, according to a new study. The research, published ...
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Confused by aged care changes? A new guide shows older women how to navigate the system
A new independent guide by an Illawarra health expert has been released to help older women in the region navigate Australia’s changing aged care system with confidence How to Navigate ...
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NSW draft policy targets abortion access barriers in public hospitals
The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has welcomed proposed changes to New South Wales Health policy that would prevent hospital managers and executives from blocking abortion services based on personal beliefs. ...
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Five gentle ways to set intentions for the New Year
The start of a new year can bring a sense of pressure to “start fresh” or to set unrealistic goals. At the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, we know that healing ...
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Where to get support in the Illawarra over the Christmas break
The team at the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre will be taking a break from December 19 and reopening with fresh new year energy on Monday, January 5. While our services ...
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Breakthrough urine test could transform endometriosis diagnosis for Australian women
A potential breakthrough in endometriosis screening could dramatically shorten the often long diagnostic journey faced by hundreds of thousands of Australian women. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, a ...
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What workplaces must do now to protect employees experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence
The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is calling on workplaces across the region and beyond to take concrete action to better protect, support and respond to employees experiencing domestic, family and ...
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Historic drop in cervical cancer highlights what’s possible – now ovarian cancer needs same commitment
For the first time since national records began more than 40 years ago, Australia recorded no cervical cancer diagnoses among women under 25 in 2021. The finding announced in the ...
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Housing surges ahead, but Shellharbour Hospital is still set to open without birthing suites
The launch of Portella, Frasers Property’s newest apartment release in Shell Cove, has underscored the pace and scale of Shellharbour’s population boom, intensifying pressure on the state government to include ...
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Women less safe at work than a decade ago, new index warns
Women in Australia are now less safe at work than they were a decade ago, and continue to shoulder the overwhelming burden of unpaid care, according to a major new ...
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Why women in Victoria are being offered the green whistle, and what NSW can learn from it
The green whistle, a type of fast-acting pain relief usually seen in ambulances and emergency rooms, will soon be offered to women in Victoria having an intrauterine device (IUD) procedure. ...
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Commissioners hear Illawarra’s call for systemic change to end violence against women and children at roundtable
The Illawarra’s frontline services have warned that domestic, family and sexual violence will not become “rare, brief and non-recurrent” without urgent fixes to childcare, housing and justice, at a regional ...
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