Feb 2023 - Conquering Cervical Cancer with Liz Ham from ACCF

Conquering Cervical Cancer!

Alarmingly, nearly 45% of women are not up to date with their cervical screening, and women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence are more likely to be among those women.

FEATURED SPEAKER:

LIZ HAM

National Health Promotion Manager

Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation

Liz is the National Health Promotion Manager for the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF), a small charity with a big mission: to eliminate cervical cancer. 

In the near future we hope to see this preventable disease eradicated in the way diseases like polio and smallpox have been in Australia. 

Liz will share the work that ACCF carry out in Australia and in developing countries.

Like Zonta, ACCF work on a local and global level to make a difference to the lives of women and their families. Their work aligns with the UN's Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health 2016-2030 which highlights the need to ensure access to improve sexual and reproductive health care and reduce mortality from cervical cancer. 

In countries in the Asia-Pacific where cervical cancer is the biggest cancer killer of women, ACCF work to ensure women and girls have access to health care including delivering vital vaccinations, screening and treatment; simple things which can save women's lives. 

In Australia, ACCF are dedicated to supporting women and their families who are affected by this disease, providing education and raising awareness on the preventability of cervical cancer. 

In these current times of uncertainty, it's so important to focus on what we can do -and it would be great to join our orange forces!

We look forward to you joining us.

This is a complimentary event, however, if you are feeling generous and would like to support the work of the Zonta Club of Sydney Breakfast, you are welcome to make a donation on the following page to support Zonta's various initiatives, projects and awards. For more information, please visit our website. Please note that donations to the club are not tax-deductible.

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ABOUT ZONTA

Zonta International is a worldwide organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women, with more than 33,000 members in 69 countries. Zonta supports women’s education and leadership through several programs. Zonta takes its name from a Sioux Indian word meaning “honest and trustworthy”. It symbolises the combined qualities of honesty and trust, inspiration and the ability to work together for service and world understanding.

For further information about Zonta, please visit www.zonta.org

TRIGGER WARNING: Our Zonta Club’s discussions and guest speakers cover sensitive topics related to the areas in which we endeavour to make change. These areas include, but are not limited to: gender equality, women's economic safety, gender-based violence, child marriage, girls’ access to education, women’s health and more. Should our discussion topics trigger an emotional response for you, we suggest that you take precautions to care for and guard your wellbeing.