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MCWH Intersectionality Training 2023

Understanding how race, culture and gender work in Australia is essential to building your organisations ability to do real intersectional work. We can’t do intersectional work in policy or practice until we understand how oppressive systems actually impact peoples lives.…

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Victorian Women are sick of small change: Underinvestment in women’s health increases illness and depression

Today CEOs of Victoria’s 12 women’s health services, along with Rainbow Health Australia, are calling for an immediate uplift in investment to secure the health and wellbeing of Victorian women, following the release of alarming data which shows Victorian women have gotten sicker, more anxious and depressed since the commencement of the COVID19 pandemic.

Executive Director’s Message: MCWH Sexual and Reproductive Health Data Report 2021

Dear MCWH partners and friends, As a leader in the health and community sector, you will be acutely aware of the impact of discrimination and inequity in people’s lives. Even though the Australian health system has been established to provide…

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Free training opportunity for migrant women in the City of Whittlesea

Webinar: Kathryn Aedy on Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities

Mark your calendars! Our PVAW (Prevention of Violence Against Women) Team Leader, Kathryn Aedy, will be speaking on a webinar hosted by ANROWS about the ‘Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities’.…

Radio interview with our ED, Adele Murdolo on Rete Italia

Tune into Rete Italia at 11:30am today for an interview with our ED, Adele Murdolo. She’ll be talking about our work and how she got involved over 20 years go! This radio station is mostly in Italian but our program…

Conference keynote speakers announced!

In almost a months’ time, we will be hosting Advancing the Evidence, a national conference on migrant and refugee women’s sexual and reproductive health. Over two days, Advancing the Evidence will share current evidence, new research, and innovative and proven…

Call for Papers

Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health is hosting a 2-day national Multicultural Women’s Reproductive and Sexual Health Conference on 27-28 February 2020 in Melbourne. The conference will share current evidence, new research, and innovative and proven practices to contribute to and…

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We want you! Women’s Leadership Course in Sunshine

Are you looking for work or volunteer opportunities? Do you have an idea but don’t know how make it come true? We want you! Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health is running a Women’s Leadership course for immigrant and refugee women…

EQUAL Network Meeting

This year marks the sixth incarnation of the UN’s initiative – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, with the theme for 2018 being #HearMeToo. The focus is on engaging local, national, regional and global women’s movements in an inclusive…

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