MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham OAM has written to Climate Change Minister, Senator Penny Wong, urging action on carbon emissions, as environmental issues including climate change aggravate tensions around the world
There are around 875 million small arms in the world. Guns injure over a million people every year, and kill 300,000. This fact sheet outlines the problem. It is No 3 in a series on the global weapons trade.
Vice President, IPPNW Deputy Chair, IPPNW Regional Vice President for SE Asia and the Pacific.
Contact:
ruth [dot] mitchell [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au or via Executive Officer: (03) 9023 1958 or 0431 475 465
Professional Qualifications:
BA; BSc; BMBS
Current field of medicine:
Intern
Special areas of interest:
Abolition of nuclear weapons, uranium mining on Aboriginal land, health impacts of small arms, and refugee health.
Background:
Dr Mitchell joined MAPW as a first-year medical student. After attending the IPPNWi's 2004 Beijing Congress, she joined the Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project, which educates students in nuclear weapon states about the medical effects of nuclear weapons by asking: "How do you feel about inheriting your country's nuclear weapons?" She represented MAPW at the AMSA Developing World Conference in 2005 and the Students of Sustainability Conference in 2006 and was elected as one of two IPPNW International Student Representatives.
