Hello there WRAP readers, It feels like it has been ages since we last touched base … August has been a mixed month of consolidation and conferences, colds and flu. But blue skies are finally in sight! We’re starting to feel the love and leg-stretching…
Nothing but blue skies
Feminists are amazingly diverse. There is such a wide range of approaches to the question of what causes women’s oppression, and what to do about it. But if there is anything that binds feminists across time, space and ideology,…
Sharing our Strengths: Where to from here for FGM/C prevention?
Last WRAP we lamented that your average, news-loving Australian is unlikely to learn about the complex issues related to ending female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) because, too often, that kind of complexity is pushed out in favour of some good-old heart-pumping,…
60 seconds with Uma Rani
Bilingual health educator, mother and future case manager What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Being at home and taking care of my daughter and husband. I am also enjoying my new role as a bilingual health educator and…
Media Release: Sharing Our Strengths National Symposium on Best Practice Approaches to the Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
There is no single approach to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), but there are many approaches that do work best to end the practice. This is the message at the core of the ‘Sharing Our Strengths’ symposium being held today.…
WRAP #23: Redefining sensational, a not so grim future and 60 seconds with Dawa Juma
Hello everyone It’s been a whirlwind of a month with the AIDS 2014 Conference coming to town and the prep work involved for our very own special event in a couple of weeks (read on if you want to find…
Redefining Sensational
Have you ever read a media article about female genital cutting and cringed at the way the article was written? You know, you get that ‘Oh no, they haven’t used the word “primitive” and “backward” in the same sentence again…
A Not So Grim Future
Does anyone remember the days of the Grim Reaper? No, not the scythe carrying, black cloaked skeletal figure of the 15th century, but the 20th century version, made famous in the 1987 TV ad to raise public awareness of AIDS.…
60 seconds with Dawa Juma
Multicultural Champion and English Language Enthusiast What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying my work in aged care as I love to help people. I enjoy that I get to see different people with different stories…
Understanding the complexity of gender issues
I will be more conscious of my own position/role before speaking and engaging. – workshop participant Last week MCWH partnered with Diaspora Action Australia (formally known as the Humanitarian Crisis Hub) for the second year in a row to facilitate…