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Changing the landscape for women with Gynaecological, Sexual and related Mental Health Issues

IGAD

Cr Elizabeth Re Supports International Gynae Awareness Day Event in Perth

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Councillor Elizabeth Re says, “This is an important issue and the community need to be better educated and to become more aware so that we can get support to where it is needed. When we all speak about these issues openly they become a normal part of our lives and lives will be saved.”

International Gynae Awareness Day is held on 10 September and the event this year in Perth will be at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel, 1:30pm – 4:30pm. There is a fantastic line up of speakers and we are encouraging everyone to get a ticket and come and enjoy all the fun of the high tea.

Canberra All Set To Celebrate IGAD 2011

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IGAD Canberra

 

It is with great delight that we received information from Margaret Kalms about an event she has organised in Canberra.  Professor Frank Bowden is the special guest speaker.  Professor Bowden is the Professor of Medicine at the ANU Medical School and Director of Canberra Sexual Health Centre.

Margaret has organised a cocktail party where all will be spellbound by Belly Dancers.

There is a photography exhibition featuring Margaret’s artwork and is being hosted by the Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT.

The event starts at 7:30pm – 10:00pm and there is also the exhibition running from 12-23 September and open from 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Margaret explores intimate, personal and sensitive issues in emotional and philosophically symbolic terms.  Her photographs are confronting, dramatic and surprising, but they are also beautiful and are designed to enhance women’s perception of themselves overcoming significant prejudices and taboos.

Margaret’s art is very suitable to promote IGAD fulfilling one of the aims of IGAD.  “To share knowledge and experiences with the community to remove cultural and sexual taboos and build confidence within oneself”.  Margaret Kalms is inspired by the underlying confidences that God created women and that all parts of the body are good.

International Gynae Awareness Day – Are you going to get involved?

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Hayley Solich, The Creaticians and Kath Mazzella OAM, founder of GAIN and the International Gynae Awareness Day (IGAD), discuss IGAD and issue a heart felt challenge to men and women around the globe.

The Creaticians are very proud to be supporting, Kath Mazzella OAM, for the International Gynae Awareness Day campaign as part of their 2011-2012 community service program.  This video was created to heighten the awareness of why the day is so important and to offer an invitation to men and women around the globe to get involved.

Millions of women every year will suffer from a Gynae (Gynecological, Gynaecological) related condition or sexually transmitted infection.  This campaign is to heighten the awareness of the  risks, symptoms, and treatments so that women have a better chance of survival and the suffering of their families can be diminished.

Please pass on the link to this video to as many as possible to help us in spreading the message across the globe.

Some of the content in this video may be confronting.

 

What a fantastic International Gynae Awareness Day we had in Perth, WA!

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I am so elated!  All the hard work has definitely paid off as we had almost 300 women gathered together for our International Gynae Awareness Day celebration here in Perth, Western Australia.

Why am I so excited?  Because I see the vision coming to pass.  I see the young women and the older women, the medical professionals and the community, gathered together, sharing their knowledge and experiences and this is EXACTLY what I envisaged when I founded this day.

I’m off to Cornwall Hospital to celebrate there with the wonderful Jeanette and the many supporters.  Can’t wait to tell them all about our day!

Our guest speakers, although possible a little controversial, certainly achieved exactly what I had hoped…to stretch, to expose, to bring an awareness to the community of the need for a greater level of understanding and shared experience.

Can’t wait to report on the next leg of the journey.

I told Hayley Solich, my marketing and business mentor, that should something happen to me while I am away she must take up the mantle.  I’m certainly hoping that won’t be the case but you just never know what life is going to serve up to you!  And that is why we must grasp every opportunity with both hands to make a difference.

Be the voice for your cause today.  It is the voice that will make the difference.  You can be a change agent in the world.
Kath