The month of May is inherently woman focused with the celebration of mothers everywhere on Mother’s Day and through raising awareness of women’s sexual and reproductive rights on International Day of Action for Women’s Health. Using an intersectional approach, we…
Achieving reproductive justice: a case of intersectional thinking
The concept of choice, like the language of human rights, is essentially a good thing. Having choices (or rights) implies that you also have the freedom and ability to act on every option (or right) available to you. However, when…
The costs of motherhood
May is a special time of year for many mothers, when children and partners take the time to acknowledge how much we owe to the mums in our lives. Of course someone has taken the time to figure out how…
60 seconds with Sasha Sarago
Editor and co-founder of Ascension magazine and proud Aboriginal woman What are you enjoying doing at the moment? Right now I am enjoying my research of Indigenous feminism and Australia’s colonial frameworks for a documentary I am producing. If you…
The WRAP#53- The complexity of culture, what's normal anyway?, and 60 Seconds with Resika KC.
As the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting colder, we thought it was a good time of year to start bringing people together. We are thrilled to announce the inaugural networking night (the first of many we…
The complexity of culture
Migrants and refugees are all so different from each other that it can be quite difficult sometimes to find a common experience among us. However, one thing that we often say and hear from the women we work with is…
What's normal anyway?
Amid all the recent talk about what it means to be Australian, you might have heard that the typical Australian is now a woman, according to the 2016 census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia’s “new normal” is…
60 seconds with Resika KC
Mental health worker and global citizen What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying working in community mental health and being able to support people in their recovery. One of the good things about my work is…
The WRAP#52- Five things we learnt about preventing FGM/C, The path towards excellent sexual and reproductive health & 60 Seconds with Shegofa Hazara
MCWH held our third NETFA Forum, Foundations for Change, on the 24th March and we are still buzzing with the conversations, ideas and strategies that were presented and discussed when we talk about how to end the practice of female genital…
Five things we learnt about preventing FGM/C
The third NETFA Forum, Foundations for Change in Melbourne gathered together a group of amazing women to discuss women’s rights, health and prevention of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). For those of you who couldn’t make it, we’ve put together a list of five key messages that we…