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Women’s Health Grampians May 2013 Regional leadership, influence and advocacy for women’s health and wellbeing Same-sex Marriage and equality April saw both the French and New Zealand parliaments pass marriage equality legislation. This is fantastic news as WHG supports equality in many forms and as New Zealand resident Jake Andrew eloquently stated "I am so happy, not only because I can now marry the person I love, but because New Zealand has moved a step further towards gay and lesbian people becoming completely equal with the rest of our society." Equality on many levels is important if the health and wellbeing of an individual or a society is to flourish. We know that countries with greater gender equality tend to have lower levels of violence against women, and not coincidently many of these countries have also passed same-sex marriage legislation. Labour MP Louisa Wall, who introduced the NZ legislation, said "In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal - it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person". Please contact us if your details change or you no longer wish to receive information from Women’s Health Grampians. If you would prefer to get information via email please let us know your email address. Ph: 1800 013 432 or email: [email protected] Contact Us 2 Drummond St South PO Box 414W Ballarat West 3350 Ph 1800 013 432 Fax 5332 8980 Email [email protected] Website: www.whg.org.au Welcome to Jaclyn Women’s Health Grampians wishes to welcome Jaclyn Reriti to the team who brings with her experience from local government in health promotion, health planning, and community development. Jaclyn will be undertaking the role of Program Manager and is excited as well enthused to be supporting WHG’s work across the Region. Jaclyn can be contacted at our office on 5322 4100. MAY is the month to host a morning tea for the cancer council’s Biggest Morning Tea! The official date is the 23rd and for ideas on how you and your friends can plan and host a morning tea to raise money for cancer, go to: www.biggestmorningtea.com Mothers Day Classic 6km or 12km Walk/Run on the 12th May at Lake Wendouree. Register on the day or online: www.mothersdayclassic.com.au White Ribbon International Conference 2013 We are happy to announce that Kate Souter and Michelle Hunt will be attending this conference and will report back in the June newsletter. Newsletter WHG will be revamping our newsletter in the coming months and we would value your feedback! What would you want to see more of? less of? and does this format work? Please contact us with any suggestions, p. 5322 4100 or e. [email protected] STOP THE PRESS! The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended the abortion drug RU486 be added to the PBS making this medicine more af- fordable. Stay tuned for a feature on WHG’s role in the submission and when passed what this will mean for women living in the Grampians region.
