Women's Health NSW

Women’s Health NSW is an association of statewide women’s health centres and specialist women’s centres.

Cumberland Women’s Health Centre Inc

Centre Details
Postal Address	PO Box 9177, Harris Park NSW 2150
Physical Address	69 Harris Street, Harris Park 2150
Phone Number	02 9689 3044
Email	adminworker@cwhc.org.au
Website	www.cwhc.org.au Facebook
Geographical Area Covered	Parramatta, Cumberland LGA’s and Baulkham Hills
Disability Access	No
Childcare Facilities	By Appointment – for Groups only
Other Information

Services
Counselling	Counselling Domestic and Family Violence
Medical & Complementary Services	Massage Practitioner
Groups	Women’s groups – see www.cwhc.org.au/whats-on/newsletter/ Information workshops on your rights “New Beginnings” Domestic Violence Support Group
Culturally Specific Services	Aboriginal Women’s Health Program Bilingual Workers Services accessible to deaf women
Other

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Women’s Health NSW is the peak body for 21 non-government community-based women’s health centres and special purpose services operating in NSW.

Women's Health NSW

3 days ago

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women use women's health centre services across NSW. Women's Health NSW member, Liverpool Women's Health Centre, has a great Aboriginal Access & Advocacy Officer who provides individualised support to local Aboriginal women. One way she creates a supportive environment is through her popular Aboriginal Women's Craft and Yarn Group. Find out more about her work, and the work of this centre, in their latest annual report: www.liverpoolwomenshealth.org.au/resources ... See MoreSee Less

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Women's Health NSW

3 days ago

Do you support women experiencing technology-facilitated abuse? WESNET have an upcoming one-hour webinar for practitioners on Tuesday 4 March at 12.30pm that will cover the most common social media platforms used by Australians. They will discuss how domestic and family violence perpetrators commonly misuse social media and what can be done to support victims and survivors. The webinar will look at the data these platforms collect, store and share, and cover how victims and survivors can maximise the built-in privacy and security settings, use the abuse-reporting features, and potentially document abuse. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8AeTI0wNSlGQpS_A1b4GWQ#/registration ... See MoreSee Less

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Women's Health NSW

4 days ago

"As we consider moving language and awareness from “safety” to “sense of safety” in frameworks of care it is important to notice the inherent paradigm shift. As soon as we acknowledge “sense of” we are embracing the value of subjective sensation and meaning-making that is inside the person, alongside other more objective approaches to understanding." Dr Johanna Lynch offers a new framework for delivering trauma-informed care... ... See MoreSee Less

Frontiers | The sense of safety theoretical framework: a trauma-informed and healing-oriented approach for whole person care

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Objectives: This research describes four aspects of the development of the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework for whole person care: exploring the meaning of the phrase “sense of safety”—the ...

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Women's Health NSW

1 week ago

"A new report from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre has calculated the country’s lack of such entitlements could cost the economy up to $26.55 billion annually, due to absenteeism, loss of productivity during work hours, costs of carers, forgone wages, superannuation where available, and various other medical expenses. By contrast, offering workers reproductive health leave would cost employers roughly $920 million per year." ... See MoreSee Less

How 12 days of reproductive leave for workers could save billions

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Denying Australian workers 12 days of reproductive leave could cost employers up to thirty times more, a new report has revealed.

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Women's Health NSW

1 week ago

Like other women's health centres, the teaWomen's Centre for Health and Wellbeing Albury Wodongary Wodonga noticed an increase in the number of women presenting because of domestic and family violence in the last reporting perWomen's Health NSW39;s Health NSW member is unique because they provide services to women on both sides of the NSW–Victoria border. To find out more about their achievements, check out their 2023–2024 annual report here: womenscentre.org.au/newsletters-and-annual-report/ ... See MoreSee Less

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