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ALT Two rows of five speakers at a Zoom webinar: (L-R: Dr Romy Listo, Dr Syahir Soffi, Lydia Mainey, Bonney Corbin, Brenna Bernardino, Delaram, Ansari, Swathy Santhakumar, Morgan Carpenter, Dr Regina Quiazon, and Margerita Dal'Occo-Vaccaro
ALT White tile with picture and bio of Swathy Santhakumar who will be a speaker at our event, The Road to Abortion Equity. Her bio reads Swathy Santhakumar is first year medical student in Australia. She completed her honours research in 2020 looking at the coverage of abortion care content in medical schools across Australia. Having worked in the healthcare space for over 4 years in different capacities, she wants to encourage more young people to engage in improving healthcare access and delivery.
ALT A Scottish woman with short shoulder length blonde hair wears a white blazer and is in front of a large bookcase. Dr Catriona Melville provides recommendations for the Senate Inquiry on universal access to reproductive health.
ALT White tile with picture and bio of Dr Syahir Soffi which reads Syahir (they/them) is a sexual and reproductive health doctor who lives and works in Larrakia country (Darwin). They are a passionate advocate for trauma-informed abortion healthcare, and is a proceduralist providing first and second trimester surgical abortions and feticide procedures for second and third trimester in—hospital medical abortions. They are the Clinical Lead of the Pregnancy Options Service at Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals, the referral centre for complex abortion healthcare in the Top End, and Medical Director of Family Planning Welfare Association Northern Territory, the main provider of early medication abortion in Greater Darwin. They chair the Northern Territory Termination of Pregnancy Working Group, a multi-agency advisory group that advises the NT Department of Health on abortion-related policies and service improvement initiatives; and is a member of the Royal Australian and NZ.
ALT Dr Lydia Mainey, a white woman with short, cropped hair wears pink glasses, earrings, and a pink patterned collared shirt. She is in front of a white door and bookcase.
ALT White tile with pic and bio of Dr Lydia Mainey which reads Lydia is an early career researcher of reproductive justice and nurse/midwife empowerment at CQUniversity, Australia. She is a Registered Nurse, and her clinical work has centred on health rights and justice. Her most recent clinical work was nurse manager at MSI Australia’s Rockhampton Clinic (now closed), a role she gave up to pursue a PhD on the experiences of nurses and midwives when they provide abortion care to people victimised by gender-based violence. In 2022 Lydia became a member of the Queensland Health Termination of Pregnancy Working Group and MSI Australia Technical Advisory Committee, where she advocates for nurse and midwife-led compassionate abortion care.