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The Australian Women's Health Network (AWHN) is the peak organisation for women's health in Australia. AWHN was formed by women who attended the inaugural Community Health Association Conference in September 1986. It was incorporated on 3 March 1994. It is a non-profit network run primarily by volunteers. AWHN is an umbrella organisation for State and Territory Women’s Health Networks, and other national organisations which embrace its objectives and philosophy. The AWHN National Management Committee is made up of representatives from every state and territory in Australia. They especially aim to be universally trustworthy and to help women that are at a particularly higher risk when dealing with poor health. The organisation prides itself in their accountability, transparency, integrity, and respect. They are willing to hold themselves accountable for their decisions and actions, having an open arms policy to gain the trust of the people, being able to maintain that trust, and treating each individual as an equal, not prioritizing anyone's self worth over another. It also acts as a safe haven and aims to be overcome society's boundaries through inclusiveness in hopes for equality. Actively participates in feminist movements, stressing the necessity and paramount of women's health. The organisation outreaches to media to further shed light on the issue women's health.

Activity and funding
AWHN is a pro-choice organisation. AWHN organises the Australian Women’s Health Conference, a conference on issues concerning women. The 1st conference occurred in October 1987 at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne and was funded by the Department of Health. The 7th conference was held in Sydney from May 2013. Speakers at the conference included Kimberly Dark. Preparing for the 2019 federal election, AWHN were quick to voice out the need of prioritizing women's health. Being a pro-choice organisation, they sought to get abortion banned in "every state Criminal Code". Not only do they advocate for women's health, they branched out to other concerning topics such as climate change. They believe that the economy and natural devastations are connected, believing that women will be at most risk because more resources will be used on men than women.

States and Territories
AWHN has many organisations across that country that includes: The Australian Capital Territory Women's Health Services, North Territory Women's Health Services, New South Wales Women's Health Services, South Australia Women's Health Services, Queensland Women's Health Services, Tasmania Women's Health Services, Victoria Women's Health Services, and Western Australia Women's Health Services.

Victoria State Government Collaboration
To combat the broad scope that health umbrellas, AWHN's main goals is to address the issues at hand by addressing "women's specific needs" to ensure that there is no confusion. The organization wants to rid the world of "all forms of discrimination against women" through the transparency that they are giving. The first the organization took is by teaming up with Victoria State's government and helping the women and girls there. They noticed that females make up more than 50% of Victoria's population yet they are more prone to chronic illnesses and "living with a disability". Many of the causes are due to economic, social and cultural disadvantages, and as a result, women's health begin to suffer. As much as "one-third" of the women do not partake in physical activity and start to form eating disorders. Utilizing the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, AWHN and Victoria's State Government is able to provide an unlimited variety of health care for the women, not excluding anything from them.

Women and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Although Australia has multiple laws and practices in place, AWHN still argues that Women's Health should be a priority and that the laws that are in place do not do much. The organisation wants the Australian government to pinpoint the exact causes for poor women's health and address the "social determinants of sexual and reproductive ill-health". Other recommendations the organisation gives is to regulate the advertisements that go against abortion and to help destigmatize abortion through law reforms "in those states where abortions still forms part of the criminal code". Another major issue that AWHN wants tackled is for the their to be strict regulations and monitoring of sterilization procedures that are being performed on girls and women living with disabilities. They stress the importance of women's health yet there is an inadequate source of funding for existing programs and a lack of new programs being created to help women.

Resources
They provide a 24/7 call service.

A person can call the number 1800RESPECT to seek counseling about sexual assaults and domestic family violence.

Call 000 for if there is an immediate feeling of discomfort or not being safe.