Family Planning Alliance Australia

Celebrating 2 years at Sexual Health Victoria - want to learn more about sexual, relationship and reproductive care, support and education and training, visit our website: www.shvic.org.au

Family Planning Alliance Australia is proud to be one of many organisations who have signed on the LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Joint Statement in support of the inclusion of three new topics on gender, variations of sex characteristics, and sexual orientation variables into the 2026 Census. Read the statement and add your support here https://lnkd.in/gkg5BcQq

It’s World Sexual Health Day - fantastic to see this headline which fits perfectly with our new Telehealth Cervical Screening Program 🎉☀️🎉: Getting everyone on board to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 The Albanese Labor Government is today launching a $10 million campaign to encourage more women to get screened for cervical cancer and help Australia stay on track to eliminate the cancer by 2035.

Exciting opportunity for someone under 25 to join the Family Planning Alliance Australia board as a youth Director. Applications close on 17 August, please submit your CV and cover letter to secretariat@familyplanningallianceaustralia.org.au

Family Planning Alliance Australia (FPAA) is the nation’s peak body in reproductive and sexual health. It promotes advances in public health through policy insight and advocacy and represents leading health and education agencies across Australia. FPAA is looking for a person under the age of 25 to join its board, on a voluntary basis, to give youth a voice in advancing reproductive and sexual health in Australia.   For more information email: secretariat@familyplanningallianceaustralia.org.au or visit its website at https://lnkd.in/gKDuBdvW

Many thanks to the North Eastern Public Health Unit (NEPHU) for assisting our team at Sexual Health Victoria to work with Expression Australia - raising awareness and training in sexual and reproductive health 🙏

Pleased to say I have strengthened my AICD Board skills by recently completing the Institute of Community Directors Certificate for Board Chairs and the AICD’s Company Secretary course.

It is with great pleasure that we can now announce the appointment of Daile Kelleher as our incoming Chief Executive Officer. Daile is a not-for-profit executive leader with expertise in sexual and reproductive health, advocacy and policy and domestic and family violence. Daile’s previous roles include Chief Executive Officer at Children by Choice and Director at DV Connect, Queensland. In 2023, she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate abortion advocacy models and we are supporting her to pursue this in August and September this year. Daile is passionate about increasing access to sexual, relationship and reproductive healthcare services close to people's local communities and listening to people with lived experience about their needs. She is a Board Member at Gold Coast Health and a Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary for the Australian Breastfeeding Association. Daile will commence her role on 22 July 2024 and will be based in Brisbane. Please join us in congratulating Daile and welcoming her to the FPAA.

📣 One more time for the people in the back: LGBTQ+ rights ARE reproductive rights and reproductive rights ARE LGBTQ+ rights.