International Gynaecological Awareness Day
Week 5-12 September 2009
Official opening by
The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor
Lisa Scaffidi
Featuring: GAIN Patron and developer of the cervical cancer vaccine - Prof Ian Frazer
and GAIN Founder Kath Mazzela
Time & Date: 2.30 - 4.30 pm, Saturday 5 September
Venue: Swan Room, Parmelia Hilton Hotel
RSVP: Monday 31 August 2009
Tickets: $50.00 Non-members$40.00 Members
$80.00 Mother & Daughter
Bookings are essential, phone 9340 1670 or email enquiries@gain.org.au
To download the Booking Form, click here
To download the High Tea Flyer, click here
Celebrate International Gynaecological Awareness Day (IGAD) with:
- Professor Ian Frazer – the developer of the cervical cancer vaccine and GAIN Patron
- Kath Mazzela - Founder and Life Member of GAIN
Did you know that thousands of young women have received the cervical
cancer vaccine? Each year in Australia, more than 700 women are diagnosed
with cervical cancer and over 200 women die from the disease. Professor Frazer
is happy to answer any questions about the vaccine and why young women
should receive it.
Bring your girlfriends, or even your mum, and talk freely and openly about
important health topics while enjoying a delicious afternoon tea.
High Tea at the Hilton promises to be fun, informative and possibly even controversial.
Book your tickets now!
IGAD Events Worldwide
If you are unable to attend High Tea at the Hilton, you are more than welcome to celebrate in your own style for IGAD.
Other International events held during the week of 5-12 September include:
1. Zonta Perth , in conjunction with the WA Continence Group, presents “Down Under Night” – all attendees are requested to donate new underpants for community women
2. Carnarvon Rural Remote Regional Women – attendees are also requested to donate underpants for community women
3. Pants Matters in Cornwall, UK are bringing in a rock band to help celebrate IGAD
4. Esperance Quilters Group
Background on IGAD
"National Gynaecological Awareness Day", which became "International Gynaecological Awareness Day" (celebrated for the first time in 2008) held on 10th September each year, was established primarily to encourage the breaking down of entrenched social, and cultural taboos, still surrounding most things 'gynaecological'. "
Even today, we find it difficult to talk about our genitalia, and to use the correct name for these precious parts of our own bodies. The founder of GAIN - Kath Mazzella, a survivor of vulval cancer was surprised, then angry, and finally frustrated, to continually hear many, many women, the world over, refer to their "vulva" as their "vagina"!
The vulva and vagina are two connected, but different parts of the female genitalia, and are not inter-changeable! The vagina is the "internal" (birth/sex) canal which leads to the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. The vulva is the "external" genitalia and is made up of the labia majora, labia minora, mons pubis, clitoris, uretha (bladder), bulb of the vestibula, vestibula of the vagina, some glands, and the vaginal orifice.
Go to these websites to learn more about these parts of your body. Learn the correct name for, and location of, your most intimate body parts. Knowing could save your life - with knowledge you are empowered!
The normal vulva - diagrams & descriptions of parts
Scarleteen - sex ed for the real world - vulva
"With knowledge we are empowered"
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