Victorian women: Sick of small change

Victorian women: Sick of small change

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Victorian women have gotten sicker, more anxious, more financially insecure, all while shouldering a disproportionate burden of care and domestic work.

 

And yet, state government investment in Women's Health Services - whose core mission is to support and advocate for Victorian women's health, safety and wellbeing - has stagnated, with services receiving $2.05 per woman, per year.

 

The Victorian state budget presents us with an historic opportunity - to innovate and remodel the way we work, the way we look after each other, the way we rebound economically. Now more than ever, Victorian ...

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Victorian women have gotten sicker, more anxious, more financially insecure, all while shouldering a disproportionate burden of care and domestic work.

 

And yet, state government investment in Women's Health Services - whose core mission is to support and advocate for Victorian women's health, safety and wellbeing - has stagnated, with services receiving $2.05 per woman, per year.

 

The Victorian state budget presents us with an historic opportunity - to innovate and remodel the way we work, the way we look after each other, the way we rebound economically. Now more than ever, Victorian women need us to invest in them and their health.


We're calling for Women’s Health Services funding to be increased by $5.75 per woman, per year. And we want to see first-time investments in women with disabilities, Indigenous women, LGBTIQ women, trans and gender-diverse people and migrant and refugee women, too. 


Because Victorian women are sick of small change.

 

Find all the information about our collective Women's Health Services state budget bid at Victorian Budget Submission 2022 - Women's Health Goulburn North East (whealth.com.au)

 

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Email your state MP and support women's health

Add your voice to the call for this year's Victorian budget to increase Women's Health Services funding by $5.75 per woman per year in Victoria, and make first-time investments in women with disabilities, Indigenous women, LGBTIQ women, trans and gender-diverse people and migrant and refugee women, too. 

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We encourage you to make this letter you own, and personalise it to ensure it reflects your own lived experience of under-investment in women's health in Victoria.

You might like to:

  • Include a brief paragraph about you or introducing your organisation (if you're representing one)  and its connection to Women's Health Services and Gender Equity Victoria;
  • Explain why the budget submission is important to your own local community. Local data is useful here - your local Women's Health Service will have gendered data specific to your region that might help you;
  • Let your MP know what other advocacy you are undertaking around this issue, and include your mobile number and email address if you would like them to follow up with you.