We work within an intersectional feminist framework to achieve gender equality by providing health information, education and support to local government, organisations, education providers, and community groups.
Read more about Our Impact and the work that we do in our 2024-2025 Annual Report.
Women’s Health Loddon Mallee’s work is guided by our purpose, our vision, and strategic goals as set out in our Strategic Plan.
Our Vision:
Equity in health and wellbeing for women of the Loddon Mallee region
Our Purpose:
To lead cultural and structural change to improve women’s lives based on a deep understanding of women’s experiences and stories
Strategic Plan
Our strategic plan (2021-2025) helps to align the work we do with our vision of gender equity in the Loddon Mallee.
Annual Report
Read more about our impact and what we do in our 2024-2025 Annual Report.
Read about our impact over the last 12 months in our 2024-2025 Annual Report.
Women’s voices, experiences, and wisdom are central to everything that WHLM does, and an essential element of the evidence that informs our strategies, policies, projects, and advocacy.
Women’s Health Loddon Mallee was established in 1989 as the regional women’s health service in the rural Loddon Mallee region.
We operate as a not-for-profit community health promotion organisation and regional health service.
Find out more about our impact, vision and purpose and the work that we do.
The term “women” is used to recognise the diverse range of individuals who identify as women. This definition encompasses cisgender women, transgender women, and those who are nonbinary or gender diverse and align themselves with the female experience. We recognise that neither sex nor gender are binary in nature and that socially constructed understandings of what it means to be woman or man do not reflect the gender diversity of our community. As a rights-based organisation, championing gender equality and social justice, WHLM firmly believes in everyone’s right to self-determine and to safely express their gender. It is important to acknowledge that women come from a wide range of ages, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and cultural contexts, and that these factors intersect to shape each woman’s unique experiences and challenges.
Intersectionality is a framework for understanding unequal power structures and systems of disadvantage that overlap and cause compounding forms of oppression and discrimination. It takes into consideration aspects of a person’s social and political identity such as their gender, race, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, geographic location, and more.
Intersectionality takes into consideration personal experiences as well as the complex and multidimensional experiences of groups. This approach helps to identify the social structures that fail to support inclusion and equity, setting a pathway for a more just and equitable world.
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Women’s Health Loddon Mallee acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work and pay our respect to Elders past, present and future. We honour the enduring cultural, spiritual and custodial relationships that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples hold with the lands, waters and sky. We recognise the ongoing strength, resilience, and contributions of First Nations Peoples to our region.
As a feminist, values‑driven organisation committed to health equity and gender justice, WHLM supports the First Peoples’ Treaty process in Victoria as a vital pathway to truth‑telling, healing and justice. We stand beside First Peoples with deep respect for their sovereignty, cultures, knowledge and rights, and commit to playing our part in addressing the ongoing impacts of colonisation and using our platform to amplify First Nations voices and encourage other organisations to join us on the journey.
WHLM is committed to working in partnership with Traditional Owner groups, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and First Peoples’ leadership to embed cultural safety, amplify Aboriginal voices, and support shared decision‑making toward a more just and equitable future in the Loddon Mallee region.
Learn more about our impact by checking out our 2024-2025 Annual Report.
Please see Women’s Health Loddon Mallee’s audited report for 2024-2025 HERE.
Read the Women’s Health Loddon Mallee Strategic Plan (2021-2025): Strategic Plan 2021-25
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