MEDIA RELEASES
Released : 11/06/09
Women short changed for their caring roles
Women’s unpaid care-giving is directly linked to low or nil rates of superannuation and a greater likelihood of poverty in retirement age, according to a recently launched fact sheet on Women and Financial Security. .....
Women and Financial Security.pdf

Released : 30/04/09
Women invited to have their say
Women’s Health East, the Women’s Health Promotion agency for the Eastern Metropolitan Region, is asking local women to have their say about what matters for their health and wellbeing......
May 2009 Survey Media Release.pdf

Released : 23/03/09
Depression remains the major health problem for Australian women
On International Women’s Day, Women’s Health East launched their latest fact sheet, covering women and mental health, which details that while men have more than twice the rate of substance use disorders, women are about twice as likely to suffer from depression....... Women & Mental Health.pdf

Released : 23/02/09
In the wake of the bushfires will come negative social impacts, like domestic violence
Disasters, like the recent bushfires, are not only traumatic physical events but carry, in their wake, complex social impacts for families and their communities. Women’s Health East (WHE) and the Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS) issue a reminder that one of these social impacts is often a subsequent increase in incidents of domestic violence.....
Post Bushfire Disaster Impact.pdf

Released : 05/02/09
Happy Valentine’s Day?
With 360 incidents of family violence attended by police in the eastern metropolitan region this January, Women’s Health East (WHE) and the Eastern Domestic Violence Service (EDVOS) issue a reminder of the often grim reality beneath the glitz of Valentine’s Day......
Valentines Day.pdf
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