Gender Gap in Healthcare Summit 2027
The RANZCOG Gender Gap in Healthcare Summit will provide a unique forum to bring together national leaders and decision makers to identify practical solutions and create momentum for change ahead of International Women's Day 2027. Partnership OpportunitiesJoin Us
The clock is ticking. It’s time for change.
Monday 1 March | 9am-4pm
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Women cannot afford to wait any longer
Despite progress in women’s health, significant inequities persist across healthcare funding, research, diagnosis, treatment and access to services.
Australia has a “universal healthcare system,” yet women continue to face delayed diagnoses, disproportionate out-of-pocket costs and fragmented care.
For many, these barriers are even greater – including First Nations women, women living in rural and remote communities, women with disability, and women from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
The gender gap in healthcare is real. And the evidence is clear.
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of Australian health and medical research funding went towards women’s health research in 2023-24.1
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of women delayed or did not see a medical specialist when needed because of cost, compared with just 5.7% of men in 2024–25. 2
in burden of disease and wellbeing impacts for women. 3
Women have waited long enough.
It’s time for change.
Convened by RANZCOG, the Gender Gap in Healthcare Summit 2027 will bring the gender gap in healthcare to the forefront of Australia’s political agenda – putting decision-makers on notice and calling for meaningful action to address longstanding inequities in women’s healthcare.
Gender inequity remains embedded across many aspects of healthcare, including research investment, diagnosis, treatment pathways, reproductive healthcare access and workforce participation.
The Summit will bring together people with lived experience, clinicians, women’s health organisations, government representatives and key policymakers to confront these inequities, identify practical reforms, and establish a shared responsibility for delivering better outcomes.
1 Holton, Bowden, Van Dyke, McLeish, Swinburne, Pascoe, Manning, Hailu, Putt, Savaglio and Skouteris, ‘Women Deserve Better:’ a national mixed-methods exploration of the ‘silent’ health conditions and social issues affecting women and girls, Link (Accessed 2 November 2026)
2 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Patient Experiences 2024-25, Link (Accessed 2 November 2026)
3 Birth Trauma Australia, The Cost of Birth Trauma in Australia
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