Monash University led -- Multi-award winning -- NHMRC & partner funded -- Generating evidence, action & impact -- Driving change for gender equity in healthcare leadership

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Monash University led -- Multi-award winning -- NHMRC & partner funded -- Generating evidence, action & impact -- Driving change for gender equity in healthcare leadership --

  • Join us in Prato, Italy!

    We’re thrilled to invite you to Italy for our exclusive Women in Leadership Program in July 2025! This transformative program will elevate your leadership skills and help you achieve greater influence, impact, and career potential. Immerse yourself in the stunning Tuscan countryside and connect with like-minded women leaders, in a program combining experiential learning and practical applications focused on overcoming the unique challenges faced by women in leadership.

  • A supportive workplace culture is essential to advancing women in leadership

    Driving and sustaining change in organisations requires working with women, hearing their voices, and supporting their career advancement. We identified key components of workplace culture that are essential.

  • Why is gender equity in healthcare leadership important?

    Equity and diversity in leadership leads to:

    • Improved & more equitable health, social justice & healthcare outcomes

    • A more empowered workforce with improved quality of care, improved motivation & reduced attrition

    • Improved organisational performance, profitability & productivity

  • Decades of research on advancing women in leadership shows that effective strategies can drive change

    We have identified a ‘toolbox’ of effective interventions that can be implemented to advance women in leadership, with specific lessons for healthcare.

  • Working with healthcare stakeholders to generate evidence, and deliver impact to advance women in healthcare

    Advancing Women in Healthcare Leadership (AWHL) is a national partnership initiative across professional, medical and nursing colleges, industrial bodies, leading health services, and government, guided by cross-sector academic expertise. Together, we are co-designing, co-producing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based individual and organisational level interventions to enable women in healthcare to attain their career goals.

  • Evaluating the Women in Leadership Program at Monash Health

    We are conducting a longitudinal evaluation of individual and organisational outcomes of the Women in Leadership Program at Monash Health. Check out our interim findings!

Women in Leadership Program

Expertly Led, Experience-Driven, Evidence-Based.

Are you a highly motivated woman working in healthcare, government or research?  We aim to inspire, encourage and support women to reach their full career potential.

Develop your leadership potential with a structured approach that blends experiential learning with practical application, focusing on overcoming the unique challenges faced by women in leadership.

Our Partners

Research & Impact themes

Our team of researchers are working across five key research themes.

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Organisational change management

Working with organisations to design and implement evidence-based interventions to advance women in healthcare leadership.

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Nursing leadership

Understanding and overcoming barriers unique to the career advancement of women in nursing.

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Leadership development

Determining the essential components required in leadership development programs for women in healthcare.

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Collective action with member organisations

Identifying the role of member organisations in gender equity and women's career advancement in healthcare and working together for change.

Exploring intersectionality

Exploring the intersection of other identities, such as race and ethnicity, because women’s experiences are not the same and we need to look beyond gender alone.

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