The second wave of COVID-19 hit Melbourne suddenly and brutally this month, and this time, it is starkly apparent that migrant women and their communities have been one of the groups hardest hit. The second wave has been concentrated in…
The WRAP #89: 60 seconds with Lucia Li
What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I am enjoying getting to know me and learning to practice gratitude especially during this time (when everything can become stressful). Name a book or a film that changed your life I…
The WRAP #88: Black Lives Matter, Changing the trajectory on the digital divide and 60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari
Dear WRAPpers, What a big month it has been. This June, we saw the Black Lives Matter protests burst across the world, calling for the end of systemic racism against black and Indigenous people. In Victoria, community transmissions have surged,…
Bla(c)k Lives Matter
As migrants to Australia, we eat, live, work and play on what always was and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. We acknowledge that we live on stolen land, and that Australia was a multicultural society long…
Changing the trajectory on the digital divide
Disaster films tend to have the same trajectory: a disaster strikes, the experts warn authorities, and the authorities delay taking the advice. Then, the disaster worsens until the expert advice is eventually heeded and the problem is solved. This disaster…
60 seconds with Fortunata Maria Callipari
What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I have been teaching myself to make pickles based on what my Mum taught me. I also teach other people how to make pickles on my blog, Kindred Link on traditions that…
WRAP #87: Women’s sexual and reproductive health, violence against international students and 60 seconds with Hala Nasr
Dear WRAP-pers, Happy International Day of Action for Women’s Health! Today we are reminded to keep women’s sexual and reproductive health a priority on the COVID-19 response agenda. Although COVID-19 restrictions are slowly easing, migrant and refugee women’s barriers in…
WRAP #87: Keeping women’s health on the response agenda
Even before lockdown restrictions began to ease, many were already questioning whether the impact of the response measures has been worse than the impact of the pandemic itself. The economic evidence has shown that the current crisis has disproportionately affected…
WRAP #87: #HerNameIs
The red shoes protest in Mexico in 2020 against femicide. Credit: Canva Much has been written over the last few months about the significant hardship faced by Australian international students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Advocates have expressed concerns about the…
WRAP #87: 60 Seconds with Hala Nasr, Project Officer
Hala Nasr is a MCWH Prevention of Violence Against Women Project Officer What are you enjoying doing at the moment? I’ve been indulging in science fiction/dystopia shows lately (much to the happiness of my hubby). I realised that immersing myself…