2020 Newsletters

March 2020

Women’s Health: invisible, ignored, misdiagnosed
Dispensing with Informed Consent in Women’s Health
Rheumatoid Arthritis is a Women’s Health Issue
Invisible Women: Exposing data bias in a world designed for men Caroline Criado-Perez A book review by Katie Palmer du Preez
Pain and Prejudice: A call to arms for women and their bodies Gabrielle Jackson A book review by Sue Claridge
Abortion Law Reform Update
A World of Pain, Humiliation, Trauma and Debilitation The harm wrought by surgical mesh on women
Legislating *Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

April 2020

Knock Knock, who’s there? The knock-on and knock-out gendered effects of Covid-19
Has the HDC Fulfilled Its Promise?
The Parliamentary Review of the National Cervical Screening Programme
Farewell to Trish Fraser

June 2020

PM Jacinda Ardern Backs Period Equality
Racism in our Health System
Health and Disability System Review
Otago Med School Reduces Training in Women’s Health
DHB Culture of Dismissing Nurses Concerns

September 2020

Prioritising Health in Aotearoa New Zealand