- to provide a voice for women's health issues
- to promote a broad definition of women's
health based on a social view of health
- to provide a woman-centred analysis of all
models of health care and research
- to support and foster regional women's
health networks
- to support and foster the development of
women's health services for women by women
- to lobby and advocate on issues affecting
women's health
- to provide a framework for consultation with
women on strategies for the formation and implementation of policy on
health issues
- to co-ordinate the sharing of information,
skills and resources to maximise women's effectiveness and to strengthen
the Queensland Women's Health Network
- to provide support for informed and
effective participation of women in all decision-making which affects
health and well-being
- to promote equity within the health system
and equitable access to services for all women, in particular those women
disadvantaged by race, class, education, age, poverty, sexuality,
disability, geographical location, cultural isolation and language
- to work towards securing women's control
over and responsibility for our own sexual health and reproduction |