This report represents the commitment of the rural Women’s Health Services to the women of rural Victoria. Over our decades of existence, the women’s health services have received a constant flow of information from rural service providers and directly from women about the barriers and lack of access to family planning services in rural Victoria.

For the rural women’s health services, gathering this data is action that represents and identifies the reality for rural woman and presents it to those with the capacity to improve access to timely, accurate, confidential and respectful services.