Students

Are you currently studying medicine or another health-related discipline? Interested in meeting other students here and around the world who are interested in reducing the impact of conflict on human health? Want to advocate for a more peaceful, healthy planet?

If so, why not become a student member of MAPW!

MAPW has student members at universities across the country.  We organise campaigns and peer education events to raise awareness about the impact of conflict on health and the role students and health professionals can play to advocate for peace.

Our yearly goals are:

January - March

• MAPW booth at your university O'Week

March - July

• ICANⁱ Workshop/DVD session
• ICAN workshops and booth at Global Health conference

August

• Target X for Hiroshima Anniversary
• Nuclear Weapons Free, My Cup of Tea

There are many oportunities to be involved. To get in touch with your State or University MAPW Representative or for help preparing or organising an event, email students [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au.

Other main projects active on an international level include

• Aiming For Prevention and The International Student Coalition Against Small Arms - IPPNWⁱ's campaign against small arms violence
• The Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project
• Target X - Highlighting the risks of the remaining world stockpile of nuclear weapons through street performance and dialogue

Interested?  Why not email MAPW's National Student Representatives  Lauren Finlay (Flinders University, Adelaide) and Raymun Ghumann (University of Melbourne, Wangaratta) to find out more at students [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au.