Jasmin - Multicultural Centre For Women's Health

Media release: Victorian Budget 2021

20 May 2021 Migrant and refugee women will continue to receive much needed in-language health education for migrant and refugee women across the state, after the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH) received an additional $200,000 investment in Victoria’s…

‘Women’s health funding has dropped from $4 to $2 per Victorian woman’: Health alliance calls for urgent funding fix

“Women’s health funding has eroded from $4 per woman upon commencement in 1988, to $2 per Victorian woman today. That is an effective cut of 50% due to population growth having to be absorbed by under pressure women, staff and governance committees.”

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Making the Links Podcast: Episode 4

In Episode 4, Vahideh speaks with Sami Fox, who shares her first hand understanding of the barriers that migrant and refugee women living in regional areas who are experiencing violence.

WRAP #96

The WRAP #96: That consent video, the value of a dollar (or 68 cents) and 60 seconds with Fay Xu

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Valuing migrant women’s health

In the area of health, equitable funding for women’s health services, which keeps up with population growth, is long overdue. Over time, funding for the women’s health program in Victoria has eroded from $4 per woman to $2 per Victorian woman today. When it comes to the million migrant women living in Victoria, the amount MCWH receives in funding is a very inadequate 68c per woman.

Three women of different ethnicities sitting together having an in depth conversation while drinking milkshakes

Consent is more complex than milkshakes

By now, most of us have heard about or seen the Department of Education’s controversial milkshake consent video. Here are our thoughts on consent.

60 seconds with Fay Xu

We loved talking with Fay Xu, our new Training Support Officer for the WomHen Project at MCWH.

Making the Links Podcast: Episode 3

In this episode, Vahideh and Anu Krishnan address some assumptions that mainstream family violence services can overcome to build stronger links with migrant women.

Making the Links Podcast: Episode 2

In Episode 2, Vahideh speaks with Rodney Vlais on the importance of looking at patriarchal structures in violence against women.

Making the Links Podcast: Episode 1

In this first Making the Links Podcast Episode, Vahideh Eisaei speaks with Zia Ebrahim from Sunraysia Community Health Service about the importance of involving community and faith leaders in preventing violence.

Author: Jasmin (page 7)