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More women will be able to access Illawarra Women’s Health Centre safely and with dignity, thanks to more than $50,000 in funding to improve accessibility at its Warilla site. Funding ...

Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is calling for stronger education about the risks of sexual strangulation as Australian research reveals how common the practice has become among young people. A national ...

As violence against women once again dominates the national conversation, it can be easy to feel like the solutions sit somewhere else, with government, police, courts or specialist services. But ...

Bladder or bowel leakage affects millions of Australians, yet many women put off seeking help because they assume it’s a normal part of ageing or having children. But health professionals ...

The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre will return its Young Women’s Program to local schools after a $5,000 donation from Zonta Club of Shellharbour and Kiama helped revive the initiative following ...

For decades, many women with PCOS have been treated as though they have a fertility condition. Researchers now say that narrow understanding is one of the reasons women have missed ...

For the first time, women supported by the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre are gaining direct access to transitional housing through a partnership with the Wollongong Homeless Hub and Housing Services ...

Women at risk of homelessness across the Illawarra are receiving practical, life-changing support thanks to a $200,000 grant from Bendigo Bank’s Community Bank Oak Flats and Gerringong, enabling the Illawarra ...

The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is calling on NSW to improve access to pain relief for women undergoing IUD procedures, following Victoria’s statewide rollout of the green whistle and South ...

The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre has officially launched its new training and activity room as part of its expansion to provide more services to the Northern Illawarra.  The room at ...

As the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre celebrates its 40th year, we dug into the archives to uncover an extraordinary collection of photographs of the Centre over the years. The images ...

The Illawarra Women’s Health Centre is warning that gaps in access to women’s services are leaving women in the Illawarra without the support they need. The Centre is urging the ...