Appointed to the Board in November 2024. Governance and Finance & Risk Committee member.
Carly Myers has 23 years of experience working in the disability and women’s health sector. Carly is currently the Gender and Disability Advisor at Women’s Health Grampians. She contributes to the development and delivery of projects that seek to address the gendered and ableist drivers of violence against women with disabilities. As well as greater access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for women with disabilities.
As a passionate gender and disability practitioner, Carly uses her lived experience of disability to advocate for the voices of women with disabilities to be prioritised when decisions are being made on issues directly affecting them. She sees this as fundamental to respecting their human rights.
Carly has successfully developed local and regional partnerships within women’s health organisations, local government, disability organisations and the community sector.
She has a breadth of experience in project delivery of co-designed inclusive and accessible resources, training materials, community engagement events and campaigns focusing on the prevention of violence against women with disabilities, sexual and reproductive health and advocating for inclusive and accessible health services for women with disabilities.
Carly has more than 23 years of experience volunteering on boards and committees in the not-for-profit sector, honing her extensive skills in Governance and Funding. Carly is a member of the Victorian Government, Our Equal State Reference Group.
In 2024, Carly was appointed the Order of Australia Medal in community service for her volunteer work and disability advocacy.