Jasmin Somers Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, QLD, AU

This role involves designing and executing comprehensive global health advocacy plans, strategies and initiatives for IFMSA. One of my core focuses is on advocating for meaningful youth engagement while strategically strengthening IFMSA’s standing with influential international stakeholders, such as the United Nations and World Health Organisation..

In this international advocacy position, responsibilities include representing medical students worldwide at high-level meetings, including with the UN and WHO. Alongside external representation work, the role also involves writing policies and advocacy communications, stakeholder management, training medical students worldwide in external affairs and.

In this position, my role is to advocate and raise awareness on the international stage for human rights, healthcare equality and peace. This involves attending and actively participating in IFMSA General Assemblies, the Asia-Pacific General Meeting and external stakeholder meetings (such as with WHO and the UN), alongside taking part in capacity building.

The International Chair of AMSA represents all Australian medical students on the international stage. Main responsibilities include representing Australia at IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students' Associations) General Assemblies and Regional Meetings. This includes a lot of debating, public speaking and negotiating with countries around the.

In this position, we advocate for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. I write and publish media releases, position statements, members of parliament callouts and other publications to do this. This position involves both reactive and continuous advocacy streams; we are are required to have a thorough understanding of the current challenges and.

Am a global health policy author for AMSA which involves writing an evidence-based policy and then presenting and debating the policy at National Council. Current publications:-War and Armed Conflict (2022)-Domestic and Sexual Violence and Assault (2022)-Pregnancy, Perinatal and Infant Health (2022)-Universal Health Coverage and Health System Strengthening.

Doctor Of Medicine - Md, Medicine

Certified Disaster Medicine Training

Bachelor Of Medical Science With Md Provitional Entry, Medicine, 7.00 Gpa

Education record

Activities and Societies: Music Captain, Spiritual Leader, Student Council Representative, Social Justice Committee, Girls Education.