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  • Cassie and Steven are proudly presenting baby Xena at a press conference.
    Victoria’s Public Fertility Care celebrates 150 babies milestone

    Baby Xena is one of 155 babies born with the help of Public Fertility Care, Victoria’s free IVF service proudly led by the Women’s.

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  • The Cornelia program is an Australian-first early intervention pilot, launched in 2021.
    Independent evaluation finds Cornelia program is working

    An independent evaluation has shown: the Cornelia program works. The comprehensive review was conducted by RMIT University and La Trobe University.

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  • Teal has protected baby Artie from RSV.
    Preventing RSV this winter

    When Teal learned she was pregnant with her first child, she wanted to do all she could to give her baby a strong start in life. That included getting vaccinated against Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.

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  • The Women’s launches second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan

    We are proud to announce that our second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2025–2027 has been officially endorsed by Reconciliation Australia and is now live.

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  • Tori’s journey began at just 15 dealing with intense pain from what doctors described as ‘normal period pain’.
    “You shouldn’t be in this much pain just from periods”

    Endometriosis affects 1 in 7 Australian women and those assigned female at birth by the age of 49. Tori Parsons is among the many with this misunderstood and often underdiagnosed condition. For Endometriosis Awareness Month, she’s sharing her story.

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  • Rosie Batty standing at a lectern and speaking into the microphone, wearing a light blue dress and glasses.
    Rosie Batty’s plea for cultural and systemic change this International Women’s Day

    At the Women’s 8th annual International Women’s Day breakfast, our keynote speaker, Rosie Batty AO, shared a powerful message: the only acceptable number of deaths from family violence is zero.

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  • Montage of three scientists. Two women are in the lab environment with a microscope. A third woman is taking research notes.
    The time is now to pursue a career in science

    Historically a male-dominated field, the dial is slowly shifting in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths. At the forefront is the next generation of women and girls entering into science and healthcare careers.

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  • For first-time mum Hana, homebirth was always her dream.
    Celebrating one year of the Women’s homebirth program

    The Women’s homebirth program has marked its first year, successfully welcoming 22 babies into the world.

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  • The new national program will provide fertility preservation services, education, and research for young cancer patients nationwide.
    Initiative launched to preserve fertility for children with cancer

    A new national initiative will bring hope to families affected by childhood cancers. Over the next five years, hundreds of children and young adults with cancer will be offered fertility preservation to start families of their own later in life.

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  • Over 200 clinicians from Australia and New Zealand  met last week in Melbourne to learn the latest best-practice care for sick or premature
    Cool Topics 2024: Conference discusses strategies to improve care for our youngest and sickest patients

    Researchers from the Royal Women’s Hospital joined leading international experts to share the latest in newborn medicine at the annual Cool Topics conference last week.

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