Addressing gender inequity is important as it affects health and wellbeing, and is the root cause of family violence. cohealth works to prevent violence against women through targeted programs, influencing policy and designing joint actions in partnership with specialist women’s services.
cohealth has a Diversity & Inclusion Strategy for 2020 – 2023. This strategy articulates cohealth’s commitment to provide culturally safe and inclusive services and work environments as a matter of core business. It sets out our diversity and inclusion vision, strategic goals and the steps we will take to impact change.
cohealth offers some healthcare services specifically for women. Our women’s health services provide you with a holistic service that supports you to make informed decisions about your health.
Find out more about Women’s health.
We offer free specialist counselling for women who have current or previous experiences of family violence.
Find out more about family violence counselling.
The Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program (FARREP) is a Victorian government initiative launched in 1998 to work towards the prevention of female genital cutting (FGC) or ‘circumcision’.
Find out more about family and reproductive rights education program.
Gender equity underpins the work of cohealth’s Prevention and Health Promotion team. cohealth is also partner in a number of regional preventative health partnerships including:
cohealth proactively and responsively develops policy submissions to represent and promote our position on key areas of policy and social debate.
Submission to the Royal Commission into Family Violence – May 2015 (Download PDF – 662 KB)
cohealth is a not-for-profit community health organisation. We provide essential health and support services in Melbourne’s CBD, inner-north and inner-west, and the east coast of Tasmania.
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