Women’s mental health and wellbeing

This year, during Queensland Mental Health Week, we want to discuss the range of challenges that women face with their mental health, but focus on the pathways to achieving and maintain mental wellbeing.

This webinar will explore a range of mental health stressors. Including impacts from climate change- including 2025 flooding and cyclone events in Queensland- and ongoing aspects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Our speakers include Dr Tanja Hirvonen, a Jaru and Bunuba woman and clinical psychologist; Professor Sandra Creamer, a Waanyi Kalkadoon woman, Indigenous women’s rights leader and the CEO of the Australian Women’s Health Alliance; and Associate Professor Fiona Charlson, whose research takes a particular focus on the impacts of climate change on vulnerable and conflict-affected populations.

This will be a webinar will discuss responses to mental health, options for women to raise their voices and priorities to decision-makers, and self-care.

This episode of the Healthy Women series on ‘Women’s mental health and wellbeing’ will be held from 12-1pm QLD/AEST time on Thursday 9 October 2025.