21 August 2023

This Women’s Health Week, join influential Deakin women to discuss important health topics

We all know our health and wellbeing is vitally important, but it’s so easy to let self-care and other positive habits slide when life gets busy – and it’s no secret that many females tend to put the needs of their loved ones ahead of themselves!

This coming Women’s Health Week, running from 4–8 September, we want to shine a spotlight on health and wellbeing topics relevant to all women, girls and gender-diverse people. Women’s health can be complicated and females experience a range of unique health concerns that can be accompanied by a lot of assumptions, misinformation and even stigma which can stem from misunderstanding. 

The theme for Women’s Health Week 2023 is Grow your knowledge, and is aimed at supporting all women to make informed and healthy decisions with information that is easy to understand.

Learn more from inspiring Deakin women!

You’re invited to join us on campus or online for a special panel discussion with some amazing women from the Deakin community.

Hosted by two Wellbeing Ambassadors, our panel will share their lived experiences as they talk about how they maintain a balance between achieving their study and career goals while also making time for their health and wellbeing. Our speakers include (from left):

• Catherine Bennett – Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, School of Health and Social Development
• Jodie Satour – Associate Director Teaching and Learning, Senior Lecturer, Social Work, NIKERI Institute
• Spencer Perry – Assistant General Secretary, DUSA
• Dr Vivien Feniger – One of our valued resident doctors at Deakin Medical Centre Burwood.

Female and Gender Diverse Voices of Deakin – Women’s Health Week event
Thursday 7 September, 10–11.30am
Burwood, Waurn Ponds and online
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Following the discussion, stay on and mingle over morning tea and musical performances by the Deakin Music Club at both the Burwood and Waurn Ponds campuses. Find out more about the event and our panellists via the Women’s Health Week webpage.

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Each day of Women’s Health Week, you can also learn more about these important topics:

• Monday: Check me out – find out more about women’s health checks, including cervical screening, heart health checks and vulval health checks.
• Tuesday: Pain drain – learn more about coping with endometriosis, persistent pelvic pain, period pain, painful sex, joint and/or chronic pain.
• Wednesday: Hello hormones – we cover perimenopause, menopause, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), premenstrual syndrome (PMS), premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and more.
• Thursday: Making it work – how to manage your work responsibilities with women’s health issues, including menopause, fertility treatment, period pain and ‘mental load’.
• Friday: Food for thought – look after your body with health recipes, nutrition tips, health eating, gut health advice, and how supplements may benefit you.

By signing up to the official Women’s Health Week website, you can receive a range of free and exclusive Women’s Health Week content and resources.

Your health and wellbeing matters to us

At Deakin, we provide a range of tailored, female-specific information and services to help you feel your best while you study, including access to female doctors and nurses.

It’s easy to book an appointment at a Deakin Medical Centre online, otherwise you can access Deakin’s full range of health and wellbeing services via the Women’s Health Week webpage.