This qualitative research used feminist and phenomenological methods to explore how newly arrived young women (NAYW) aged 19 – 21 years, experience young women’s programs they participated in. Understanding young women’s experiences is important because little academic literature exists about this. With significant numbers of young women settling in Melbourne over the last seven years...

The paper argues broadly for recognition of a number of principles essential to establishing a firm basis upon which to redress health inequities for women: It is impossible to understand women’s health outcomes without also understanding the social context of women’s lives; International human rights and cultural conventions are a powerful mechanism for mobilising action...

This paper explores various aspects of women’s health relating to food.

Objective: To describe why, when and to whom general practitioners refer women with symptoms possibly attributable to cervical, endometrial or ovarian cancers, and to identify patient and GP factors that predict referral to either a gynaecologist or a gynaecological oncologist.

The social determinants of health overlap and impact women’s ability to access food. The roles women play in family life and society may exacerbate existing vulnerabilities to food insecurity, such as low financial resources which shapes their physical, mental and social wellbeing.