AMWA In The News

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2023

July

• AMWA participates in White House event on lowering healthcare costs
• AMWA/Reproductive Health Coalition member discusses First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Approved by the FDA.

June

• AMWA partnered with CARE to provide relief efforts in Pakistan
• AMWA attends rally with Vice President Kamala Harris

May

• AMWA leaders participate in the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) & Attend the 153rd Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board
• MWIA and AMWA Co-sponsor International Gender Medicine Roundtable
• MWIA and AMWA Leaders at the World Trade Organization
• AMWA at the White House AAPI Event
• AMWA participates in Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM) #3Not30 launch event
• AMWA in RESOLVE’S Kitchen Table Conversations on doctors & infertility
• AMWA Celebrates the 40th Anniversaries of the National Organization for Rare Disease and the Orphan Disease Act
• HPV World features HPV Prevention Week, cofounded by AMWA

 April

• AMWA Annual Report
• AMWA President Inaugural Speech from Dr. Elizabeth Garner
• Read President Biden’s letter celebrating AMWA’s work

 March

• AMWA President Attends ACA Anniversary Event at the White House
• AMWA receives President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Award and Ruth Rising Naomi Award from Ruth Sisters Fellowship International
• Northwell Health becomes AMWA’s First Affiliate Member Institution
• AMWA leaders Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber and Dr. Roberta Gebhard speak out on anti-harassment policies in the workplace. (Medscape)

February

• AMWA attends White House Roundtable on Reproductive Care
• AMWA hosts a parallel event during the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women – Harnessing the Power of Innovation and Technology to Improve Healthcare
• Dr. Roberta Gebhard: AMWA’s Seat in AMA Women Physician Section
• AMWA honors the NIH ORWH at Women’s Health Research Day Event

January

• AMWA leaders speak out on physician infertility. Need for “better support, education, and insurance coverage for future physicians.”