Professor Cathy Vaughan

Professor Cathy Vaughan

Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health; Chair, Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

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Why 2025 is a big year in women's health

As International Women's Day highlights both progress and setbacks, 2025 is emerging as a watershed year for women's health across the globe

Health & Medicine

Adolescence - a critical time to address gender inequality

A major study across 40 countries in Asia and the Pacific reveals the stark gender inequalities faced by adolescents, providing a roadmap for effective action

Education

Being a student during COVID-19

A new online exhibition of photos explores the student experience of life and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

Health & Medicine

Does disability policy really offer choice and control?

While government policy for Australians with disabilities aims to offer choice and control, there are very real barriers that need to be addressed to turn that into a reality

Health & Medicine

Making every woman count

An international project tackling gender inequality and violence against women is helping the Asia Pacific improve at collecting and measuring that important data

Health & Medicine

Family violence in immigrant and refugee communities

A two-year study shows that abusers use cultural and physical isolation to stop women seeking help