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8.30am Registration
9.00 Welcome to Country
9.15 Leanne Wallace
Opening Address
Leanne Wallace is the Director of the Primary Health and Community Partnerships Branch, NSW Health.
9.30 Professor Dorothy Broom
Complicating Gender

Professor Dorothy Broom is currently Professor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University.
10.10 Nicole Watson
The Relationship between Health and Indigenous Women’s Self-Determination

Nicole Watson is a member of the Birri Gubba People of Central Queensland and the Mullenjarli People of Beaudesert, Queensland. Nicole is currently employed as a senior Research Fellow at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning.
10.30 Dr. Toni Schofield
Gender and Feminist Mainstreaming:
Policy and Service Implications for Women's Health

Dr Toni Schofield is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Health Sociology Review.
11.00 Morning Tea
11.30 Associate Professor Moira Carmody
Reflections on Planning the NSW Violence Against Women Strategy

Associate Professor Moira Carmody, University of Western Sydney in conversation with Karen Willis, Manager, NSW Rape Crisis Centre.
Associate Professor Moira Carmody is currently the coordinator of the Criminology Programme at the University of Western Sydney.
12.00 Dr. Lesley Laing
Evidence that Informs the Black and Blue Campaign

Dr Lesley Laing is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney.
12.30 Gabe Kavanagh
Women’s Rights As Human Rights
Amnesty International

Gabe Kavanagh has been an integral member of NSW Amnesty International Australia (AIA) for the last few years.
1.00 Lunch
2.00 Dr Deborah Loxton
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Dr Deborah Loxton is the Project Manager of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. In this position Deborah manages the University of Newcastle team.
2.30 Associate Professor Patricia Davidson
Managing the Risk of Heart Disease: A Key Consideration for Women Across the Lifespan
Associate Professor Patricia Davidson is the Director of the University of Western Sydney / Sydney West Area Health Service Nursing Research Centre and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of NSW.
3.00 Afternoon Tea
3.30 Associate Professor Sue Green
Improving Service Outcomes for Indigenous Women
Associate Professor Sue Green is currently the Director of Nura Gili -Indigenous Programs at UNSW. She is an Associate Professor of Indigenous Education.
4.00

Dr. Jocelynne A. Scutt
Changing Systems, Claiming Justice
Law, Rights and Women's Health

Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt is a barrister, writer, filmmaker and executive producer, practising at the Bar primarily in Sydney and Melbourne. From October 1999 to October 2004, she was first Anti-Discrimination Commissioner for Tasmania, administering the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania).

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