February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM/C, and an important opportunity for us all to affirm our commitment to improving the rights, safety and health of women and girls around the globe. To mark the day,…
The WRAP #6 : FGM/C, Housing Hope and 60 seconds with Azam Naghavi
Happy New Year If you’re already struggling to stick to your new year’s resolutions as the first month of 2013 draws to a close: the good news is there are another eleven months to keep on trying. There’s always a…
What we can achieve in one generation
This 6th February marks a decade since the then First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs Stella Obasanjo officially declared the date as the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Five years later in 2008, the UN Population…
When a house is a home
All the talk of the gender salary gap and whether or not you can you live on $32 a day as a sole-parent could be enough to make you despair (who would have thought there would be gender-gap deniers, and…
60 seconds with Azam Naghavi
PhD Scholar and international student If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? Being a teacher. I was a teacher and a counsellor and when I go back to Iran, I’ll be teaching at university.…
Common Threads Report and Best Practice Guide Launched by Maria Vamvakinou
On 4 December the Federal Member for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou MP, launched the MCWH Common Threads Report and Best Practice Guide in Melbourne. Vamvakinou launched the publications on behalf of the Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek, and spoke passionately about…
The WRAP #4, November: Still birth, international students & 60 seconds with Maria Hach
Welcome to the WRAP number 4. As many of you would have already gathered from our chats here on the WRAP, we are pretty keen on statistics. When we can find them, that is. But, no matter how compelling or shocking…
Ethnicity plays a role in the stillbirth story
Australia was recently ranked 7th among 165 countries around the world for best places to be a mother. This is a truly fine achievement – an acknowledgement of the relative privilege many women in Australia enjoy. But before we start…
Closing the gaps in health for international students
Here’s another statistical feather to Australia’s cap: Australia has been ranked number 1 by the World Economic Forum for closing the gender gap on educational attainment. No ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’ about it, it’s a ranking we can truly be proud of,…
Media Release: Poverty report highlights the challenges for migrant and refugee women
The Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) commends the recent release of the ‘Poverty in Australia’ Report by the Australia Council of Social Services (ACOSS) and responded to the report’s implications for immigrant and refugee women. ‘The report makes clear…