The New Script with Frances Goh & Makenzie Thomas About Sally Hasler
Sally Hasler is chief executive of Women's Health Victoria, appointed to the role in mid-2024 after serving as a director in the Victorian government's Office for Women. She has held gender-equity and health leadership roles with the Commonwealth Government, the Fred Hollows Foundation and the Women's Foundation Hong Kong. As CEO, Hasler sits on the Victorian Government's Women's Health Advisory Council and Victorian Cancer Advisory Committee, and is a non-executive director of Lifeline Direct. On The New Script, she spoke with hosts Frances Goh and Makenzie Thomas about gaps in women's healthcare.
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Key moments from Exposing the Gaps in Women’s Healthcare | Sally Hasler.
- 2:35Introducing Sally Hasler, CEO of Women’s Health Victoria
- 6:22Sally’s career path and passion for gender equity
- 8:25Where the gaps in women’s health exist today
- 11:50Defining gender-blind services, gender bias & medical misogyny
- 17:27Social determinants of health and structural inequity
- 20:05Barriers to abortion access and “abortion deserts”
- 23:40Why stigma persists even after decriminalization
- 25:45Inside Women’s Health Victoria: services, advocacy & the Labia Library
- 28:35How collective advocacy drives systems change
- 31:29Sally’s leadership journey and lessons as a first-time CEO
The path so far.
- Now
CEO · Women's Health Victoria
- Earlier
Senior leadership role · The Fred Hollows Foundation
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Senior role · The Women's Foundation (Hong Kong)
Sources: womensagenda.com.au
Women's Health Victoria on Day One
Women's Health Victoria is a statewide not-for-profit organisation based in Melbourne.
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