Ruth Davy

Ruth Davy is co founder and trustee of WONS, Well Women and Family Trust. A social entrepreneur she leads the organisation to address inequalities in health for high need women and their families.

Keeping the women well keeps the family well. Having recently completed her Master in Public Health in reducing inequalities for Maori and Pacific women in cervical screening, Ruth combines her public health and nursing background to enable innovative public health programmes to develop. Working with Maori, Pacific and Asian communities building their capacities through self empowerment has resulted in Ruth initiating the Asian Foundation of New Zealand; the Chinese Women’s Wellness Community Group; the Korean Women’s Wellness Community Group; the Maori and Pacific Short Courses in Community Women's Health Promotion.

Ruth is currently working with Maori key stakeholders to address the high mortality rate for Maori women in New Zealand. She also mentors Pacific trusts in capacity building to address their wide range of health issues. Ruth is also dedicated to increasing the capacity of the primary health care sector through training in cervical screening, women’s health and vaccinations.

Developing new training programmes that support cultural competency and wellness models has resulted in Ruth publishing articles and presenting nationally and internationally.

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