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• Women urged to look after their heart health

  Posted: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: heart, health, women
  This May the Heart Foundation is urging New Zealand women to look after their heart health. More than 50 women in New Zealand die each week of heart disease, making it the single biggest cause of death for women in Aotearoa

• STEMinism: UC Engineering and Technology Information Evening

  Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in: Training With tags: education, technology, women, science, qualification, information
  This free event is aimed at female students in Year 11 to 13 who are interested in finding out more about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) study and career options. Parents and teachers are also welcome. Date: Tuesday 18th May 2021

• May 2021 Research Seminar from The Collaborative Trust

  Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: disease, women, young people, research, employment, education, wellbeing, seminar
  You are invited to come along to The Collaborative's May research seminar entitled "Making the most of now: Young women's experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic"

• Autumn courses at the Women's Centre

  Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in: Training With tags: wellbeing, anger, women, Courses, arts
  The Women's Centre are offering courses for women on emotional wellbeing and defence during Term 1. All courses are located at the Women's Centre (Unit 3, 242 Ferry Road)

• Take part in the Matisse RSV Vaccine in Pregnancy Study

  Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: research, women, children, disease, vaccination, immunisation, volunteers
  You’ll give your children. Could protection from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) be one of them? Midwives from the University of Otago Christchurch are looking for local pregnant women to take part in this international vaccine study

• White Ribbon Newsletter: October 2020

  Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in: Newsletters With tags: families, newsletter, men, violence, women, abuse, awareness, campaign
  Kia ora. Work on the 2020 November Campaign is in full swing with filming for our videos just completed. We are thrilled to be able to show you the completed designs for our posters and t-shirts

• Education sessions on screening for women

  Posted: Friday, September 7, 2018 in: Resources and Information With tags: education, health, women, cancer, screening
  ScreenSouth is responsible for the administration of the National Cervical Screening Programme and BreastScreen Aotearoa in Canterbury

• Mother4Mother Breastfeeding Peer Support Programme

  Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in: Resources and Information With tags: women, children, nutrition, support group
  The Mother4Mother Breastfeeding Peer Support Programme provides support for breastfeeding mothers in Canterbury. The Canterbury-wide service is run by the Rural Canterbury PHO

• Find out about the services of Pregnancy Help

  Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2013 in: Signatory Notice Board With tags: Community Groups, women, children
  Pregnancy Help Inc Canterbury Branch supports the wellbeing of pregnant and recently pregnant women, new mothers and their families/whanau, with care, concern and confidentiality. The service is free and professionally delivered