Despite the Australian health workforce becoming increasingly diverse, women from culturally or racially diverse backgrounds continue to face barriers relating to both gender and racial and cultural background. These barriers contribute to their under-representation in the profession and ultimately negative disparate outcomes for patients and healthcare professionals.

The Link and Grow Mentoring Program aims to grow the careers of early and mid-career culturally diverse (non-Anglo Celtic) women in healthcare. It will also support mentors to better understand the unique experiences of culturally diverse women in the workplace and to become inclusive mentors and leaders.

About the Program

The Link and Grow Mentoring Program is a 6-month virtual program that combines informal mentoring sessions between mentees and mentors, with facilitated and structured workshops and events. The workshops provide career, mentoring and inclusive leadership development of mentees and mentors. They also provide a safe place for participants to network, and to share and reflect on the experiences of culturally diverse women in medicine and discuss the role of leaders in shifting culture within teams and workplaces.

Who can be a Mentee

Individuals who identify as culturally or racially diverse women doctors, nurses and allied health workers, and who are at the early or middle stage of their career (trainees, and up to 15 years post fellowship), looking for a mentor and peer-support community to grow their careers. We expect mentees will want to mentor within the program in future.

Who can be a Mentor

Individuals of any gender or cultural background, who are trained in healthcare and who are now in leadership roles in the healthcare and health and medical research sector. This includes but is not restricted to clinician researchers, specialist medical practitioners or executives who are committed to inclusive leadership practices. Mentors are not required to identify as culturally diverse.

Apply to participate in 2024

Applications are open to individuals who would like to participate in the 2024 Mentoring Program as either mentees or mentors until Monday, 8 April 2024.

There is a participation fee of $2,200 for Mentees to take part in this 6-month, expertly facilitated mentoring program.

There is no fee for mentor participation.

Registration link.

Please contact The Link via email at international.health@anu.edu.au if you have additional queries.